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Atlanta Hawks | #11 | Guard

Trae

Young

PPG

25.7

RPG

2.8

APG

10.8

PIE

13.1

HEIGHT

6'1" (1.85m)

WEIGHT

164lb (74kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Oklahoma

AGE

26 years

BIRTHDATE

September 19, 1998

DRAFT

2018 R1 Pick 5

EXPERIENCE

6 Years

6'1" | 164lb | 26 years

DRAFT

2018 R1 Pick 5

BIRTHDATE

September 19, 1998

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Oklahoma

EXPERIENCE

6 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Through 407 games (all starts) across six seasons with the Hawks, holds career averages of 25.5 ppg, 9.5 apg, 3.6 rpg and 1.0 spg in 34.1 mpg (.436 FG%, .355 3FG%, .873 FT%) … Acquired by the Hawks from the Dallas Mavericks, along with a protected 2019 first-round draft pick, in exchange for the draft rights to Luka Dončić … Signed to a contract extension with the Hawks on August 6, 2021… Voted to the 2021-22 Kia All-NBA Third Team … Three-time NBA All-Star (2020, 2022, 2024) and two-time All-Star starter (2020,2022) … Three-time Three-Point Shootout participant at NBA All-Star Weekend and 2024 Skills Challenge participant … Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week seven times … Became Atlanta’s all-time leader in assists and made three-pointers during the 2023-24 season … Unanimously selected to the 2018-19 NBA All-Rookie First Team… Selected as the Kia NBA Rookie of the Month a franchise-record four times.

BEFORE NBA

In his only season at Oklahoma, averaged 27.4 points, 8.7 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 35.4 minutes, starting 32 games (.422 FG%, .360 3FG%, .861 FT%) … Consensus First Team All-American after becoming the first player in Division I history to lead the nation in scoring and assists … Scoring average was the highest in Big-12 history and his assists per game rank second on the all-time list … The Wayman Tisdale National Freshman of the Year award winner was also a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team member and named the conference’s Freshman and Newcomer of the Year … Became the first major conference player in NCAA history to tally 800 points and 250 assists in a single season … Recorded four games of 40-or-more points … Earned a gold medal at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Valdivia, Chile … Member of 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born in Lubbock, TX … Son of Rayford and Candice Young, and his father played collegiately at Texas Tech and professionally in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain … Has a son, Tydus, and a daughter, Teal … Has a brother, Timothy and two sisters, Caitlyn and Camryn … Young Family Athletic Center opened in Norman, OK in 2024 … Has street in front of Young Family Athletic Center named in his honor “Trae Young Drive”… In August 2019, named an Honorary Board Member at The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK … Earned McDonald’s All-American honors as a senior and named Gatorade Player of the Year in Oklahoma in 2016 and 2017 … Competed in the Jordan Brand Classic in 2017… Won the McDonald’s All-American Three-Point Contest and was runner-up at the High School Three-Point contest at the Final Four … A fan of Steve Nash growing up.