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Kedren Young is super-sized and poised to forge a role in Notre Dame’s deep running back stable

Eric Hansenby: Eric Hansen08/03/25EHansenND
Notre Dame running back Kedren Young
Notre Dame running back Kedren Young runs around bags during a football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Friday, Aug. 1. Michael Clubb/Imagn Images

The sight of Notre Dame redshirt freshman Kedren Young lined up to do individual drills in training camp could easily be mistaken for one of defensive coordinator Chris Ash’s linebackers having a short-circuited internal GPS and getting a little lost in the running back queue. Until you see the burst and acceleration from the absolutely ripped 5-foot-11, 240-pound Lufkin, Texas, product.