DARREN YOUNG

Young  at  the  WWE  SmackDown  tapings  on  April  17,  2012.

Birth  name Frederick  Douglas  Rosser  III

Born November  2,  1983  (age  31)

Union  Township,  New  Jersey,  US

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.[1]  He  is  the  first  WWE  performer  to  come  out  publicly  as  gay  while  active  as  a  wrestler  with  the  company.  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.

 Early life : 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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