Patric Young

Patric Young

Young with Galatasaray in 2015
No. 4 – Olympiacos Piraeus
Position	Power forward / Center
League	Greek Basket League Euroleague
Personal information
Born	(1992-02-01) February 1, 1992 Jacksonville, Florida
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10.25 in (2.09 m)
Listed weight	252 lb (114 kg)
Career information
High school	Providence School (Jacksonville, Florida)
College	Florida (2010–2014)
NBA draft	2014 / Undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	Galatasaray
2015–present	Olympiacos
Career highlights and awards
SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2014) SEC All-Defensive Team (2014) Second-team All-SEC (2014) 3× SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2012–2014) Third-team Academic All-American (2014) SEC All-Freshman Team (2011) Second-team Parade All-American (2010) McDonald's All-American (2010)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Patric Young (born February 1, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek Basket League. He is a 6'10¼" (2.09 m) tall and 252 lb. (114 kg) power forward-center.

Young played college basketball for the University of Florida.

College career

Young accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2010 to 2014. In his four-year college career at Florida, Young became the 50th 1,000-point scorer in UF history, and finished his career 27th on the all-time scoring list, with 1,307 points. He also became the 11th Gator all-time with 1,300 points and 800 rebounds. Young never missed a game in his college basketball career, becoming the second player in Florida program history to appear in 150 games. As a senior, he was named NABC Pete Newell Big Man of the Year, AP and Senior CLASS All-American, CoSIDA Academic All-American, and SEC Defensive Player of the Year. He was also a two-time All-SEC Team member, earning second-team honors from coaches and the AP in 2014, and second-team honors from the coaches in 2013. Furthermore, he became the SEC league’s first three-time winner of the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year honor, earning the recognition in 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Young joined the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On July 24, 2014, he signed with the Pelicans. On November 30, 2014, he was waived by the Pelicans before appearing in a game for them.

On December 3, 2014, Young signed with Galatasaray Liv Hospital of Turkey for the rest of the 2014–15 season. In 24 Turkish League games, he averaged 10.5 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.

On June 27, 2015, Young joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On July 17, 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the Greek club Olympiacos. On November 12, 2015, he tore the ACL in a game against Anadolu Efes, and was shut down for the rest of the season.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Euroleague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2014–15	Galatasaray	17	14	24.5	.602	.000	.600	6.4	.6	.9	.8	8.7	13.2
Career		17	14	24.5	.602	.000	.600	6.4	.6	.9	.8	8.7	13.2

External links

• Patric Young at draftexpress.com
• Patric Young at eurobasket.com
• Patric Young at euroleague.net
• Patric Young at gatorzone.com
• Patric Young on Twitter