Rams edge Byron Young cracks the NFL Top 100, landing at No. 84

A quick item in the NFL offseason conversation on Friday: Byron Young has cracked the league’s Top 100 player list, coming in at No. 84 for the Los Angeles Rams. While the ranking itself is not the same thing as production, these lists tend to reflect how evaluators view impact roles, repeatability, and day-to-day performance inside scheme, and for the Rams it adds one more name to a defense that is trying to look deeper than just one headline star.

The Rams context matters because Los Angeles is one of the league’s most talent-dense units when everything is firing. The same roundup discussion that highlighted Young’s spot also pointed to other Rams edge talent and national names that could land higher on the list, including Jared Verse and Myles Garrett. In other words, Young’s ranking does not arrive in a vacuum, it is part of a broader question for the Rams: can multiple front-seven players force enough pressure, consistency, and matchup problems that opposing offenses cannot simply game plan around a single threat?

Young’s football résumé gives some support to why he might be on an evaluator’s radar. In 2024, he was described as a second-year outside linebacker who had been quietly productive and, at one point in that season, led the team in sacks. Prior reporting from Turf Show Times also tied his burst to a run of recent games that included sacks, along with a broader look at how the Rams’ young defensive line and pass rush group was forming a core that could grow together.

From a timeline standpoint, Young entered the league as a mid-round draft pick in 2023 and made an immediate start as a rotational piece. In the same prior season context, he was credited with a solid rookie output, including eight sacks, plus tackle production and forced-fumble activity. Those types of numbers are often what allow a player to move from “promising” to “trusted,” which is usually the difference between a player being a depth option versus a weekly game-planning factor.

Still, a ranking is only one marker, and the on-field reality is always more complicated than a list. Young is listed at No. 84, not in the top tier, which suggests evaluators still see room to separate his best stretches from a full-season baseline. The Rams will likely view the next steps through the same lens: can he turn pressure opportunities into consistent sack production, and can he keep his role from being swallowed by the spotlight on other edge rushers?

The practical thing to watch from here is whether the No. 84 placement translates into more usage, more reps against top opponents, and a clearer identity in the Rams pass rush rotation as the offseason turns into camp. If the Rams’ defensive line chemistry continues to develop, Young’s presence on the Top 100 list could be more than a nice personal moment. It could be an early sign that the Rams are building a pass rush where the next man up still looks like a problem. However, until the league’s list is backed by broader official context, the ranking should be treated as a useful snapshot rather than proof of a specific performance outcome.