Young then moved to junior college Arizona Western College, where he was named first-team
Arizona Community College Athletic Conference as a sophomore. He averaged 17.2 points (5th in the conference), 6.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. Young's first season at Quinnipiac, as a junior in 2016-17, consisted of only six minutes as he found himself on coach
Tom Moore’s bench. He would later be granted another year of eligibility by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Young's next season was saved as new head coach
Baker Dunleavy inserted Young into the starting lineup as a senior in 2017-18. Young responded, averaging 18.8 points (4th in the Men's
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)), 6.8 rebounds (5th), and 1.3 steals per game, shooting .422 from the field (8th) and .754 from the free throw line (7th), for the Bobcats and earning second-team All-MAAC honors. in April 2019 Following his fifth year of eligibility being reinstated, Young entered the
2018–19 season as a graduate student and as the leading returning scorer in the MAAC and a preseason first-team All-MAAC selection. In a February 18, 2019, game, Young scored 55 points against
Siena. The total marked a MAAC and Quinnipiac Division I record and was the most points scored in an
NCAA Division I game since
North Dakota State’s
Ben Woodside scored 60 in 2008. Young led the Bobcats to an 11–7 MAAC record, with 23.5 points (1st in the MAAC), 5.1 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game as well as a .482 field goal percentage (4th), .766 free throw percentage (3rd), and .437 three-point percentage (1st), and at the close of the season was named the MAAC Player of the Year and a first-team All-MAAC pick. ==Professional career==