2007 Football Roster
Roster
Jimmy Young
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Hometown:
- Monroe, La.
- High School:
- Ouachita Parish
- Prev School:
- Ouachita Parish
2009: Honorable-mention All-Mountain West Conference ... tied for second on TCU with 33 receptions, moving him into eighth place on TCU[apos]s career list with 115 catches ... also climbed into seventh place in receiving yards with 1,830 ... had at least one catch in 12 of the 13 games with multiple receptions in 10 contests ... tied for second on TCU with three receiving touchdowns ... had 31- and 36-yard scores in the opening two contests against Virginia and Texas State, respectively ... had six catches for 113 yards on a frozen field in single-digit wind chill at Air Force ... scored on a 12-yard reception as part of four catches in the 38-7 win at BYU ... recorded three receptions for 48 yards in the 55-28 victory over Utah ... closed the season with four grabs for 68 yards in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. 2008: Honorable-mention All-Mountain West Conference ... missed by 12 yards of recording just the second 1,000-yard receiving season in TCU history ... his team-best 988 yards still ranked second on the Horned Frogs[apos] single-season chart (Reggie Harrell, 1,012, 2003) ... his team-best 59 receptions nearly doubled the next-closest Frog (Ryan Christian, 30) ... the 59 grabs tied for the fourth-best total in TCU history and the most since Cory Rodgers had 61 in 2004 ... the first Frog with 50 catches in a season since Quentily Harmon (52) in 2006 ... placed fifth in the MWC and 41st nationally in receiving yards per game (76.0)?... was seventh in the MWC in receptions per contest (4.5) ... set a TCU single-game record with 226 yards receiving to go with three touchdowns on five catches in a 54-7 win over Wyoming ... the 226 yards represented the high game by a Mountain West Conference player during the season and the sixth-best effort in the nation in 2008 ... scored on receptions of 60, 55 and 39 yards ... also had a season-long 65-yard grab against the Cowboys ... all five of his touchdown receptions on the season came in the last six contests ... had four 100-yard receiving games on the year, the most by a Frog since Rodgers in 2004 ... posted a career-high seven grabs for 104 yards versus Stephen F. Austin ... totaled six receptions for 111 yards at Oklahoma ... closed the regular season with five catches for 100 yards in the 44-10 win over Air Force ... recorded five grabs for 62 yards in the 17-16 Poinsettia Bowl victory over Boise State ... had a 25-yard touchdown reception on TCU[apos]s first play from scrimmage in the 32-7 win over BYU ... contributed a 13-yard scoring grab in the 44-14 win at UNLV ... had at least four receptions in 11 of 13 games. 2007: Tied for fifth on the Frogs with 23 receptions ... his 14.1 yards per catch mark was the best among TCU[apos]s top-six receivers ... had at least one catch in 12 of the 13 games ... totaled eight contests with multiple receptions ... his first collegiate touchdown was also the Frogs[apos] longest play from scrimmage on the season, a 70-yard connection with Andy Dalton in the 38-36 win at Stanford ... totaled three receptions for 110 yards on the day ... it was TCU[apos]s highest total for receiving yards in a game in nearly two years (Cory Rodgers, 128 at Air Force, Oct. 22, 2005) ... it also represented the most receiving yards by a redshirt freshman at TCU since Rodgers had 171 yards on six catches in a 2003 win at Houston ... also had three-reception games in wins over SMU and UNLV ... made his collegiate debut with two receptions for 35 yards in the 27-0 win over Baylor. 2006: Redshirted as a true freshman. High School: First-team all-state as a senior ... also received first-team all-district and All-Northeast Louisiana honors ... totaled 83 receptions for 939 yards and five touchdowns ... a two-year letterman in football and track ... has an uncle, Oliver Lawrence, who played at LSU and one year in the National Football League ... chose TCU over Missiissippi State, Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe and Tulsa. Personal: Parents are Roy and Mary Smith... majoring in communications.
