Tylar Young

Tylar Young
Young with Richmond's VFL team in March 2025
Personal information
Born (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998
Original team Richmond VFL
Draft No. 26, 2023 rookie draft: Richmond
Debut Round 2, 2023, Richmond vs. Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position Key Defender
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 20
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2023–2025 Richmond 35 (0)
2026– West Coast 1 (0)
Total 35 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 1, 2026.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tylar Young (born 5 September 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Young previously played for Richmond and was drafted with the 26th pick in the 2023 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season.

Early life, junior and state-league football

Young played junior football until the age of 12, at which point he gave away the sport in favour of pursuing high level soccer aspirations through his teenage years.[1] He returned to competition football at age 20, joining North Albury in 2019.[2][1] After just six games, he was recruited by Frankston to make his debut in the VFL that same season, before joining the club on a full time basis from 2020.[1][3] The season was ultimately cancelled due to community restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, so Young's first matches with Frankston would wait until 2021.[2] After one season, he moved to join the VFL program of AFL club Richmond, where he played 14 matches in the 2022 season.[4]

AFL career

Richmond

Young was drafted by Richmond with the club's second pick and the 26th selection overall in the 2023 rookie draft.[2]

He made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season.[3] Young drew acclaim for his pure defensive abilities that season, recording a remarkably low contested one-on-one loss rate, ranking him second among all key defenders in the league (with 14.3 per cent) after 17 rounds.[1]

Young played 35 games for Richmond over three seasons.

West Coast

Young requested a trade to West Coast for the 2026 season, and his request was granted on 13 October 2025.[5]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 1, 2026.[6]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2023 Richmond 45 19 0 0 129 48 177 55 23 0.0 0.0 6.8 2.5 9.3 2.9 1.2 0
2024 Richmond 45 9 0 0 63 19 82 41 8 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.1 9.1 4.6 0.9 0
2025 Richmond 45 7 0 0 78 20 98 47 4 0.0 0.0 11.1 2.9 14.0 6.7 0.6 0
2026 West Coast 20 1 0 0 10 6 16 5 0 0.0 0.0 10.0 6.0 16.0 5.0 0.0 TBA
Career[7] 36 0 0 280 93 373 148 35 0.0 0.0 7.8 2.6 10.4 4.1 1.0 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d Black, Sarah (7 July 2023). "From North Albury to taking on Buddy: Rookie Tiger's wild journey". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "VFL Tiger Tylar Young recruited in rookie draft". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Tylar Young to debut against Adelaide". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ Greenberg, Tony (4 December 2022). "Young promotion delights Morris". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Tigers defender gets trade wish to the Eagles". AFL Media. 13 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Tylar Young". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Tylar Young". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
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