Usama Young Rumors & News

Oakland Raiders defensive backs Mike Jenkins (21), Tracy Porter (24) and Usama Young (26) run a drill during practice at NFL football minicamp in Alameda, Calif., Thursday, June 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Oakland Raiders defensive bacsk Usama Young (26) and Chimdi Chekwa (35) run drill during practice at NFL football minicamp in Alameda, Calif., Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Oakland Raiders' Charles Woodson, left, smiles next to teammates Brandian Ross (29) and Usama Young (26) during practice at the NFL football team's training facility in Alameda, Calif., Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Safety Usama Young won a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2010 and then became a starter for the Cleveland Browns after signing as a free agent in 2011. Injuries hampered his career in Cleveland after his first season there and Young found himself released this past week and looking for a new place to hang his helmet. He found one with his old coach and teammate. Young signed with the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday and reunited with his former Saints secondary coach Dennis Allen who is now the head coach. He will also play with his former teammate, cornerback Tracy Porter, who a...

On Tuesday the Raiders signed free agent safety, Usama Young and thus continuing a theme of "under-the-radar" type players brought in to fight to prove their worth. Young has been a reserve safety and special teamer for most of his six seasons in the NFL. He, like several other new Raiders, has something to prove. He relishes the opportunity to do just that. "I'm excited," said Young of get a chance to prove himself on the rebuilding Raiders. "In Cleveland I was under the radar, in New Orleans under the radar, all the way back to Kent State I was under the radar. I enjoy flying under t...

The San Francisco 49ers and the Seattle Seahawks will arguably be two of the most-hyped teams to make the Super Bowl out of the NFC in 2013. Both teams traded their rather high-profiled backup quarterbacks this offseason -- the 49ers sent Alex Smith to the Kansas City Chiefs, while the Seahawks sent Matt Flynn to the Oakland Raiders. Although each team is confident in their young starting quarterback, Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson, respectively, they still needed to find a competent backup. As it turns out, both teams opted to go with quarterbacks who were formerly drafted by the...

The Oakland Raiders signed safety Usama Young on Tuesday, according to Aaron Wilson. Young had visited the Bengals as an unrestricted free agent. Raiders have signed safety Usama Young, team announces. AFC West club recently signed him, Mike Jenkins, Tracy Porter for new-look secondary — Aaron Wilson (@RavensInsider) April 9, 2013 Many Bengals fans happened to notice on Tuesday morning that Young's Wikipedia page listed him as a Cincinnati Bengals player for the 2013 season and beyond. Obviously Wikipedia is a source that cannot be trusted (I can say anything about myself on that s...

In case you thought it was just Reggie McKenzie who was bringing in former players, Dennis Allen is reaching into his Super Bowl past and plucking members of his former secondary while he was defensive backs coach for the Saints. Today the team announced they have signed free agent safety, Usama Young. Young was most recently with the Browns. He was cut from the team this off-season and immediately upon his release, the Raiders became a very likely destination. The Raiders released starting free safety Michael Huff on the first day of free agency and had yet to replace him. Young is......