Colbie Young’s actual 2026 NFL production, and the historical NFL players whose own first 2 career games looked most like it — same position, same number of games. His line is the highlighted row, so each comp can be read directly against it. Career outcome and career fp say what became of that player.
| Player | Debut | First 2 career games | Similarity | Career outcome | Career fp | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colbie Young this rookie | 2026 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 9 yds · 0 TD | — | — | — | — |
| Jamison Crowder | 2015 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 7 yds · 0 TD | 0.955 | starter | 1,120 | 10 |
| Darius Cooper | 2025 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 7 yds · 0 TD | 0.955 | active | 71 | 2 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 2000 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 12 yds · 0 TD | 0.933 | starter | 1,036 | 10 |
| David Bell | 2022 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 12 yds · 0 TD | 0.933 | bust | 100 | 3 |
| Cody Hollister | 2019 | 2 tgt · 2 rec · 13 yds · 0 TD | 0.913 | bust | 21 | 4 |
| Stanley Morgan | 2019 | 3 tgt · 2 rec · 9 yds · 0 TD | 0.909 | bust | 8 | 5 |
| Nick Williams | 2013 | 3 tgt · 2 rec · 11 yds · 0 TD | 0.901 | bust | 70 | 5 |
| Shelton Gibson | 2017 | 3 tgt · 2 rec · 11 yds · 0 TD | 0.901 | bust | 9 | 2 |
| Danny Farmer | 2000 | 3 tgt · 2 rec · 12 yds · 0 TD | 0.891 | bust | 108 | 3 |
| Simi Fehoko | 2022 | 3 tgt · 2 rec · 12 yds · 0 TD | 0.891 | active | 33 | 5 |
College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Colbie Young. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Williams | Mississippi State | 2023 | 0.841 | unknown | Austin Williams | — | — | — |
| Ben Skowronek | Notre Dame | 2021 | 0.756 | bust | Ben Skowronek | 171 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Bryson Green | Wisconsin | 2025 | 0.701 | unknown | Bryson Green | — | — | — |
| Rashod Owens | Oklahoma State | 2025 | 0.687 | unknown | Rashod Owens | — | — | — |
| Evan Moore | Stanford | 2008 | 0.683 | unknown | Evan Moore | — | — | — |
| Squirrel White | Tennessee | 2025 | 0.657 | unknown | Squirrel White | — | — | — |
| Michael Woods | Oklahoma | 2022 | 0.652 | unknown | Michael Woods | — | — | — |
| Will Pauling | Notre Dame | 2026 | 0.641 | unknown | Will Pauling | — | — | — |
| Ryan Moore | Miami (FL) | 2007 | 0.631 | unknown | Ryan Moore | — | — | — |
| Davontavean Martin | Washington State | 2020 | 0.604 | unknown | Davontavean Martin | — | — | — |
| Malachi Fields | Notre Dame | 2026 | 0.600 | unknown | Malachi Fields | 47 | 6.7 | 1 |
| Kyle Williams | Arizona State | 2020 | 0.599 | bust | Kyle Williams | 136 | 4.1 | 4 |
| Seth Dawkins | Louisville | 2020 | 0.580 | unknown | Seth Dawkins | — | — | — |
| Luke Timian | Indiana | 2019 | 0.579 | unknown | Luke Timian | — | — | — |
| Vic Wharton III | California | 2019 | 0.575 | unknown | Vic Wharton III | — | — | — |
| Jaden Walley | Mississippi State | 2023 | 0.567 | unknown | Jaden Walley | — | — | — |
| Dalton Schoen | Kansas State | 2020 | 0.567 | unknown | Dalton Schoen | — | — | — |
| Logan Loya | UCLA | 2025 | 0.566 | unknown | Logan Loya | — | — | — |
| Jalil Farooq | Maryland | 2026 | 0.565 | unknown | Jalil Farooq | — | — | — |
| Nate Mccollum | North Carolina | 2025 | 0.564 | unknown | Nate Mccollum | — | — | — |
| Tab Perry | UCLA | 2005 | 0.559 | bust | Tab Perry | 35 | 3.1 | 3 |
| Jaylon Redd | Oregon | 2021 | 0.555 | unknown | Jaylon Redd | — | — | — |
| T.J. Simmons | West Virginia | 2021 | 0.547 | unknown | T.J. Simmons | — | — | — |
| Donaven McCulley | Michigan | 2026 | 0.543 | unknown | Donaven McCulley | — | — | — |
| Kanawai Noa | Nebraska | 2020 | 0.537 | unknown | Kanawai Noa | — | — | — |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.