2023 High School Football

2023 football: 50 top Southern Arizona seniors — Mountain View long snapper Bryan Young


Today marks only two days until the kickoff of the 2023 Southern Arizona high school football season with games scheduled Friday. AllSportsTucson.com is listing 50 of the top seniors in Southern Arizona during this stretch. This is not a ranking. We acknowledge more than 50 quality seniors will play on high school fields locally this fall and we will report on them accordingly.

Bryan Young, 6-foot-4 and 239 pounds, has established himself as one of the best long snappers in the state after attending the Kohl’s Western Showcase near Los Angeles recently. He finished the charting portion of camp with an average snap time of .76 seconds and scored on eight of his charted long snaps. … Coached at Mountain View by special teams coordinator Stephan Reed, who was a long snapper at Minnesota-Crookston. …  Traveled all over Arizona doing public speaking with military and law enforcement. Earned many awards including, most recently, the Pima County Sheriff’s Commendation Award. … Carries a 3.3 GPA.

Mountain View coach Matt Johnson on Young: “Bryan is one of the best long snappers in the state. He is truly a great human being with a great attitude. He is humble and leads with a great work ethic!”

Mountain View senior Bryan Young is one of the top long snappers in the state

MOUNTAIN VIEW

Head coach: Matt Johnson (19-24, sixth year at Mountain View and 132-85 overall in his 21st year)

Mountain Lions compete in the 5A Sonoran. *Region game. Games at 7 p.m.
DateOpponentW/LOvrReg
8/30Gilbert------
9/6at Horizon------
9/13Sunrise Mountain------
9/20at Marana------
10/4at Walden Grove------
10/11at Flowing Wells*------
10/18at Nogales*------
10/25at Maricopa*------
11/1Tucson*------
11/8Ironwood Ridge*------

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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon. He became an educator seven years ago and is presently a special education teacher at his alma mater Sunnyside High School.

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