The child of a school teacher and a psychologist, Young knows he was blessed to grow up in a household that didn't place a stigma around mental health, especially in young minds. That's not the case in every household, and Young wants to make those inroads with the youth where he can.
"I was able to grow up, you know, without it being stigmatized and knowing the importance of it, and I credit a lot of what I've been able to accomplish in life and in football because of that," he said. "Just the focus that I've had (and) intentionality that I was introduced to at a young age, and I know that everyone doesn't have that luxury, and I think that's a big reason for our mission at the Young 9 Foundation is trying to give people tools that obviously not everyone gets."
The camp took place on the weekend between OTAs and the Panthers minicamp. It's a bustling and taxing stretch of the calendar, and most players plan camps and other activities of the sort for the break that follows. Young wanted to purposely put his camp in the midst of the whirlwind, though.