Ross Young (born 9 September 1983) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League, after previously playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Young, a relatively light 76 kg but noted as a skillful and intelligent midfielder, was originally from Donald, Victoria and played under-18s football for the Bendigo Pioneers and amateur football with the University Blues.^[1] He eventually made his way into the Northern Bullants in the Victorian Football League in 2005 and gained a regular place in the Bullants' seniors in 2006.

Carlton, the Bullants' AFL affiliate, selected Young as a rookie with their third round selection (35th pick overall) in the 2006/07 AFL rookie draft. Young, at 23 years old, was the first player to be selected under new rules where older players could be rookie listed if they had never been through an AFL club system.^[2] Being selected by Carlton was a dream come true for Young, as he had always been an unabashed fan of former Carlton great Peter "Percy" Jones. He was elevated from the rookie list before Round 6 of that year as a replacement for Nick Stevens, making his debut against St Kilda.^[3]

Young was delisted from the Carlton playing list at the end of the 2007 season.^[4] He then moved to Western Australia to play with Perth in the WAFL,^[5] where he performed very well, winning the 2009 Sandover Medal^[6] after finishing third in 2008.^[7]

He is the cousin of Hawthorn's Clinton Young, and his younger brother Seamus also plays with Ross at Perth.^[1][5]

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• Ross Young's statistics from AFL Tables
• WAFL Playing Statistics