Darren Young
| Darren Young | |
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Young in April 2016
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| Birth name | Frederick Douglas Rosser III |
| Born |
November 2, 1983 Union, New Jersey United States |
| Residence | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Alma mater | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) |
Darren Young Fred Rossen Fred Rosser Fred Sampson Fred Sanford Frederick of Hollywood Officer Sampson |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 239 lb (108 kg) |
| Billed from | Miami, Florida |
| Trained by |
Dennis Condrey Florida Championship Wrestling |
| Debut | 2002 |
Frederick "Fred" Douglas Rosser III (born November 2, 1983), better known by his ring name Darren Young, is an American professional wrestler signed to WWE on the Raw brand, but is currently on hiatus due to injury.
Prior to signing with WWE, Rosser competed in Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic independent promotions including Chaotic Wrestling, East Coast Wrestling Association, Independent Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance. Rosser signed with WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling in 2009 and participated in the first season of NXT in 2010 under his current ring name. Later that year, he debuted on the main roster as part of The Nexus. Young subsequently formed The Prime Time Players with Titus O'Neil, with whom he is a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion.
Rosser was born in Union Township, New Jersey. He began watching professional wrestling during the mid-1980s and became interested in becoming a professional wrestler as a teenager, wrestling in several backyard wrestling federations. He attended Union High School in New Jersey, where he played American football, both offensively and defensively. He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he played football for a year before deciding to focus on his academic studies and professional wrestling.
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