Will Young is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player currently without a club after being delisted by the Adelaide Crows

Adelaide Crows

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. Young was taken late in the 2008 AFL Draft

2008 AFL Draft

The 2008 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft...

, Adelaide's fifth round pick at number 72.

Young represented Vic Country in the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships

2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships

The 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL National Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian...

. Vic Country coach Robert Hyde

Robert Hyde (footballer)

Robert Hyde is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood and Essendon football teams in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s.-Playing Career:...

 said after the carnival that "He missed a couple of games through injury but I remember our first game against Vic Metro – we only just got rolled – he was probably close to our best player. His attack on the ball was terrific."

Young was recruited from the North Ballarat Rebels

North Ballarat Rebels

The North Ballarat Rebels are an Australian rules football club which play in the TAC Cup, an under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia.North Ballarat is one of four regional clubs set up as part of a plan by the AFL to have clubs set in all regions of the state.This was to help aid in player...

 and after moving to South Australia

South Australia

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, he was selected in the Mini Draft by Norwood

Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...

 at pick 6, and quickly cemented a spot in the team's defence. Injury interrupted Young's first year in senior football, but worked his way back into the league side later in the season.

He made his debut for the Adelaide Crows in Round 2, 2010 in a home game against the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

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. Young came into the selected squad for Nathan van Berlo

Nathan van Berlo

Nathan van Berlo is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He is the captain of the Adelaide Football Club....

who pulled out due to back soreness.