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SociaLight: The Internet Loved That Crushing Kenny Young Hit

Aug 10, 2019 at 09:00 AM

Cassie Cherigo

Social Media Manager/Digital Host

You ever see a hit that makes you say, "Wow! Now THAT is football."?

We got one of those in Thursday night's preseason game versus the Jaguars, when Kenny Young took down Jacksonville quarterback Gardner Minshew II.

😱😱 KENNY@KennyYounggg pic.twitter.com/fStHSNEnwy
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) August 9, 2019

And it took the internet by storm.

Freight train coming right at you 😳

(via @Ravens) pic.twitter.com/SbbuNb17OM
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) August 9, 2019

pic.twitter.com/pPA5lt2H4T
— muggles (@YaboyRez_) August 9, 2019

OH MY 🤭

(via @Ravens)pic.twitter.com/abJEF85Kqa
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) August 9, 2019

Football is so BACK!!! https://t.co/gvLm2PWSlw
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 9, 2019

Kenny Young just decapitated Jags QB Gardner Minshew.
— Ryan Mink (@ryanmink) August 9, 2019

Oh my! @Curtis_Patriots https://t.co/aItGuMpWBB
— Julie Boudwin (@Julie_Boudwin) August 9, 2019

Crunch berries !!!!! @KennyYounggg 🤝👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://t.co/0Wn9EAvbcb
— Public Enemy #1 (@rahyme_johnson) August 9, 2019

Kenny a baaaaad man 💪 pic.twitter.com/HuxxHzrTKY
— GIPHY Sports (@GIPHYSports) August 9, 2019

Kenny Young was hunting Jaguars tonight and was successful by all accounts, just watch the tape https://t.co/5kuFBMPJgg
— Chip Brierre (@Chip_Brierre) August 9, 2019

Goldberg spear!!

Kenny Young future WWE superstar https://t.co/QWbSZWoJUn
— Mikee Angela (@mkngl) August 9, 2019

Ravens LB Kenny Young on the viscous hit on QB Gardner Minshew: "The quarterback fumbled the ball, and then he stood back up. Sometimes you pay for decisions like that."
— Jamison Hensley (@jamisonhensley) August 9, 2019

Not sure if Kenny Young or Bobby Boucher
— Skurps (@skurpsSLP) August 9, 2019

Fans in the stadium loved it too.

That was nasty. #kennyyoung legit #Ravens hit. pic.twitter.com/JIuAkPOEeB
— Spelled with an K (@crypto_drummmer) August 9, 2019

And Kenny? He says he's just doing what the team brought him in to do.

“This is what I love to do. Run and hit. This is why they drafted me.” @KennyYounggg discusses that big hit in the preseason opener. pic.twitter.com/mMOrjexuM1
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) August 9, 2019