Chase Young is the fourth Buckeye in five years to win the Pro Football Writers of America NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.
Young was nominated by PFWA as the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 2020 on Tuesday, continuing a trend of former Ohio State players winning the award that started with Joey Bosa in 2016 and continued with Marshon Lattimore in 2017 and Nick Bosa in 2019.
The second overall choice in the 2020 NFL draft, Young became an immediate star in his first season with the Washington Football Team, starting 15 games and registering 44 tackles, 12.5 tackles for defeat, 7.5 sacks, four forced fumbles , three fumble recoveries and four pass separations. Appointed captain before the end of his debut season, Young helped lead Washington to the NFC East title.
Young was also nominated on Monday for the PFWA All-NFC team for 2020, making him the only newcomer to be selected for a conference team this year, and was nominated by the NFL as the NFC Defensive Player of the Month in December.