Jake Young | |
Position1: | Center |
Birth Date: | March 22, 1968 |
Birth Place: | El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Kuta, Bali, Indonesia |
Number: | 68 |
College: | Nebraska |
High School: | Midland (TX) Lee |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 270 |
Playing Years1: | 1986–1989 |
Playing Team1: | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
Career Highlights: |
Jacob Cardwell Young III (March 22, 1968 – October 12, 2002)[1] was an American college football player who was a center for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He attended Midland Lee High School in Midland, Texas. At the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he was a first-team All-American in 1988 and a consensus All-American in 1989.[2] Young was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2000.[3] He was killed in the 2002 Bali bombings.[4] [5] [6]