Young was the Birds' 3rd-round pick in 1968, out of USC. He was selected 2 rounds after his USC teammate Tim Rossovich. He started 3 games as a rookie, and 5 games in 1969. (He also missed much of the 1969 season with torn knee ligaments suffered in training camp.)
After starting all the games in 1970 on the left side, he only started 2 games in 1971 before missing most of that season with injuries. He played 1 game in 1972, then was cut in October.
He soon hooked on with the Lions and played 10 games for them. After the '72 season, he was traded to the Saints, but when waived in September 1973 he landed with the Bears, playing 2 games for them in his final NFL season.
Young also played with the WFL Hawaiians in 1974.
Young only had 1 Topps football card, which erroneously depicted punter Rick Duncan, who played for the Eagles in 1 game in 1968. (I'm not sure why Topps had a Rick Duncan photo handy, let alone mistaking him for Adrian Young.)
Another blogger created a "correction card" for Young in the 1971 style, using a photo I had found for him on the interwebs. (Young is getting blocked by future Eagles coach Rich Kotite.)
"Yo Adrian!"
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