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Born | Jacksonville, Florida | February 1, 1992||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
Providence School (Jacksonville, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
College | Florida (2010–2014) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2014: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2014–2019 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Olympiacos | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Felice Scandone | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Patric Young (born February 1, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player who is a free agent. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall center. [1] He played college basketball for the University of Florida.
Young accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2010 to 2014. In his four-year college career at Florida, Young became the 50th 1,000-point scorer in UF history, and finished his career 27th on the all-time scoring list, with 1,307 points. He also became the 11th Gator all-time with 1,300 points and 800 rebounds. Young never missed a game in his college basketball career, becoming the second player in Florida program history to appear in 150 games. As a senior, he was named NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year, [2] AP and Senior CLASS All-American, CoSIDA Academic All-American, and SEC Defensive Player of the Year. He was also a two-time All-SEC Team member, earning second-team honors from coaches and the AP in 2014, and second-team honors from the coaches in 2013. Furthermore, he became the SEC league's first three-time winner of the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year honor, earning the recognition in 2012, 2013, and 2014. [3]
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Young joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [4] [5] [6] On July 24, 2014, he signed with the Pelicans. [7] On November 30, 2014, he was waived by the Pelicans before appearing in a game for them. [8]
On December 3, 2014, Young signed with Galatasaray Liv Hospital of Turkey for the rest of the 2014–15 season. [9] In 24 Turkish League games, he averaged 10.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
On June 27, 2015, Young joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2015 NBA Summer League. [10] On July 17, 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Olympiacos. [11] On November 12, 2015, he suffered a torn ACL in a game against Anadolu Efes, and was shut down for the rest of the season. [12]
On July 10, 2017, Young signed with Italian club Olimpia Milano. [13] He was released on February 26, 2018, without ever appearing in a single game for the club due to injuries.
On December 6, 2018, Young signed a deal with Scandone Avellino. [14]
On July 31, 2020, Young signed a deal with Hapoel Gilboa Galil in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. [15] However, he parted ways with the team for personal reasons on October 9, 2020. [16]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2014–15 | Galatasaray | 17 | 14 | 24.5 | .602 | .000 | .600 | 6.4 | .6 | .9 | .8 | 8.7 | 13.2 |
2015–16 | Olympiacos | 5 | 5 | 19.4 | .714 | .000 | .667 | 5.0 | .4 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 17.4 |
2016–17 | 30 | 1 | 9.4 | .500 | .000 | .615 | 2.4 | .1 | .3 | .4 | 2.7 | 4.4 | |
Career | 17 | 14 | 24.5 | .602 | .000 | .600 | 6.4 | .6 | .9 | .8 | 8.7 | 13.2 |
On September 13, 2021, Young announced that he had been hired by ESPN to become a studio host for the SEC Network’s college basketball coverage. [17]
On June 29, 2022, Young was involved in a serious car accident in Nebraska that left him paralyzed from the waist down. [18]