Glen Young was born in Toronto and played his college football at Syracuse. Young was drafted in the third round (22nd overall) by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 1992 CFL college draft, but it took him several years to make it to the CFL. as he went on a tour in the NFL first. Young spent the 1993 season on the practice roster of the NFL's Los Angelas Rams, and then had a tryout with the Buffal o Bills in 1994 before being released in training camp. Young then spent 1995 and 1996 with the San Diego Chargers. Young attended the training camp of the Seattle Seahawks in 1997 but was released. Meanwhile back in the CFL, Hamilton had traded Young's rights along with defensive back Jeff Fields to Toronto for Quarterback Reggie Slack in 1994. Young finally made it to the CFL in September, 1998 and stayed with the Argos through the 2000 season before being released. Young saw action on special teams and increasing time at defensive end with the Argos. Young had 43 defensive tackles and a pair of sacks in 2000 with Toronto. Young signed with the Montreal Alouettes for 2001 and set a career high of 49 defensive tackles.Montreal released Young in June of 2002 and he promptly signed with Edmonton where he played four seasons (2002-2005).
| Year | Team | GP | T | ST | Total | TFL | Yds | KD | Sacks | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | TOR | 5 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TOR | 11 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 2000 | TOR | 18 | 43 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2001 | MON | 18 | 49 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | EDM | 18 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | EDM | 16 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | EDM | 18 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | EDM | 18 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Year | Team | Int | Yds | Avg | TDInt | Long | FR | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 0 |
| 1999 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | TOR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | MON | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | EDM | 1 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2004 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Year | Team | KOR | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | MON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | EDM | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | Team | F | FL | OFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | MON | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
