Where does Trae Young's Georgia fandom come from?
Trae Young played one season at Oklahoma (2017 to 2018) and has spent most of his NBA career with the Atlanta Hawks (2018 to 2026), which is where the Georgia tie begins. Saturday Down South reported on January 9, 2023 that he was talking up the Bulldogs ahead of a game, and the outlet quoted him saying "I know we’ve got a lot of Georgia fans out here in LA, ready to represent our Dawgs in LA tomorrow." Atlanta News First had reported two days earlier, on January 7, 2023, that the former Oklahoma Sooner said he has been a Dawg fan since coming to Atlanta to begin his NBA career. So the Georgia fandom is an adopted one, tied to his NBA city and not to where he grew up.
What is Trae Young's connection to Oklahoma?
Young was born in Lubbock, Texas, and raised in Pampa, Texas, by his mother and paternal grandparents while his father played basketball overseas. He finished high school at Norman North before going to Oklahoma. theScore wrote on March 3, 2018 that he "was born in Lubbock, Texas, but he grew up in Norman, Oklahoma as a Sooners fan." That is a writer's account, not Young's own statement, and his Wikipedia biography places his upbringing in Pampa, so the Norman detail rests on that report alone. ClutchPoints noted on September 6, 2025 that he was still pulling for the Sooners, calling him a "famed Oklahoma alum."
Questions people ask
What team did Trae Young root for growing up?
theScore reported in 2018 that he grew up as an Oklahoma Sooners fan.
What is Trae Young's favorite college team?
He is reported to follow two: Oklahoma, where he played in 2017 and 2018, and Georgia, which he has backed since his time in Atlanta.
Is Trae Young a Georgia Bulldogs fan?
Saturday Down South reported it in January 2023, quoting him referring to "our Dawgs."