Storm Acquire Gerald Young

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The Tampa Bay Storm have picked up wide receiver and kick returner Gerald Young. Young is in his third year in the league. He started his Arena Football League career in 2014 with the Orlando Predators. He caught 24 passes for 355 yards and six touchdowns. He also led the team with 38 kickoff returns for 739 yards.

In 2015, he played five games with the Las Vegas Outlaws. He caught 22 passes for 293 yards and one touchdown as a wide receiver. As a kick returner, he had a much bigger impact. He returned 42 kick returns for 1,003 yards and five touchdowns. In one of those games, against the Arizona Rattlers, he set an Arena Football League single-game record with for missed field goal returns. He returned two of them for 106 yards and two touchdowns.

Before entering the AFL, Young played football at Charleston Southern. He finished his collegiate career as the school's all-time leader in kick returns (102) and all-purpose yards (5,864). He would become a three-time All-Big South Conference selection and also was a member of the Big South All-Decade Team.