A resident of Moorestown, New Jersey, Young played high school footballatMoorestown High School.[1]
He remains the all-time leading rusher in South Jersey (5,411 yards) and after originally committing to University of Wisconsin-Madison to play football for Barry Alvarez's Badgers, he decommitted for the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2003.
Young was signed to the Minnesota Vikings' practice squad in 2008 and to the active roster prior to the 2009 season. When Chester Taylor left the Vikings to join the Chicago Bears following the 2009 season, Young was promoted to second-string running back.[3] However, during the beginning of 2010 season Young was replaced by Toby Gerhart as the third down back and second-string running back. On December 7, Young was placed on injured reserve.[4]
On March 2, 2011, Albert Young was not tendered a contract offer by the Vikings, making him an unrestricted free agent.[5]
^[1] Narducci, Marc (December 15, 2009). "South Jersey's all-decade football team". The Philadelphia Inquirer: "Two-time Inquirer South Jersey players of the year Albert Young of Moorestown and Turk McBride of Woodrow Wilson are the players of the decade on The Inquirer's all-South Jersey all-decade football team."
^[3] "With Adrian Peterson playing on a sprained ankle, backup Toby Gerhart hurting his hamstring and third-stringer Albert Young injuring his knee in Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills, the Vikings were thin at running back. They placed Young on injured reserve to make room for Booker."
^[4] "Vikings Use RFA Tenders on Sidney Rice, Ray Edwards, Others"
