Austin Young brings wrestler’s toughness to Oklahoma State’s defensive line
Austin Young is a redshirt freshman DT at Oklahoma State who arrived as a walk-on in 2024 and was a Louisiana state champion heavyweight wrestler, which screams leverage, grit, and nasty hands in the trenches. In the 2024 season, he did not see game action, so the intrigue is all about projection: he’s a 6-foot-4, 260-pound interior defender with a wrestler’s balance and physicality that can translate into disruptive run-stopping upside if his development keeps trending up. If you want a high-motor, culture-fit lineman with real toughness, he’s your kind of guy.
