Traditional recruits give WVU football a solid class

By Matthew Peaslee | Feb 5, 2016

Nov 28, 2015; Morgantown, WV, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers players celebrate after beating the Iowa State Cyclones at Milan Puskar Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /

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K – John Young

POSITION: Kicker/Punter

HEIGHT: 6-foot-0

WEIGHT: 200 pounds

HOMETOWN: Advance, N. C.

HIGH SCHOOL: Davie

RATING: 3-star/2-star

OTHER OFFERS: N/A

SKINNY: At Kohl’s Kicking Academy, Young earned a five-star rating as a kicker and a 4.5-star rating as a punter. Senior year, he connected on 10 of 13 FG attempts and converted 64 extra points to account for 93 points, personally. Scout called him the No. 1 kicker in North Carolina.

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