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Chase Young, Washington’s first NFL draft pick, plans to ‘Terrorize the Moment’

Fred Jeter | 4/30/2020, 6 p.m.
Chase Young is all business on the football field — and thinking about business off the gridiron.
Chase Young

Chase Young is all business on the football field — and thinking about business off the gridiron.

As the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington pro team in last week’s NFL draft, Young plans to wreak havoc at defensive end while also becoming an entrepreneur.

On Feb. 26, the 21-year-old filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the catch phrase “Terrorize the Moment.”

The Ohio State University All-American hopes to use the phrase under a trademark as the merchandising brand of everything from hats, to hoodies, jackets, pants and more.

Young has said “Terrorize the Moment is about the two seconds between the snap and pulverizing the quarterback.”

He got the idea for a trademark from the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson and Mark Ingram, who created “Truzz”— meaning “Trust us to get it done” — as a merchandising brand.

Nicknamed “Predator” for his rugged style, Young is a 6-foot-5, 265- pound package of speed, power and aggression. It’s been said he “plays like his dreadlocks are on fire.”

Following a family tradition, he was pursuing a degree in criminology at Ohio State. Both his father, Greg, and two uncles were in law enforcement.

Young earned All-American honors and was a Heisman Trophy finalist mostly for his habit of making life miserable for quarterbacks.

In three seasons as a Buckeye, he had 31 sacks — 13.5 in 2019. Ohio State went 13-1 this past season and won the Big 10 championship before losing in the national semifinals to Clemson University.

There was a bump in the road. Young was suspended for two games in 2019 when the NCAA learned he had obtained an unauthorized loan to cover the costs of his girlfriend’s travels to the 2019 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.

At Ohio State, Young lined up for one of the nation’s perennial powerhouses. But that luxury won’t be the case in Washington. Young has his work cut out for him trying to uplift a flailing Washington franchise. The Washington team was 3-13 a year ago while being outscored 435 to 266.

Coincidentally, Young becomes Washington’s second straight top draftee from Ohio State and also from the greater D.C. area.

A year ago, the Washington team picked Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins as its first selection.

Haskins graduated from The Bullis School in Potomac, Md. Young, born in Upper Marlboro, Md., went to Ohio State from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md.

Young is a man of many talents. While in high school, he also starred in basketball, sang in the school chorus and learned to play saxophone, piano and violin. Basketball came naturally. His father played the sport at Bowie State University.

But these are all side stories, interesting to read but of little meaning once the football season begins. The only business Washington fans care about is taking care of business on NFL Sundays.