![]() Young and the Crimson Tide will head to Arlington, Texas to face the Cincinnati Bearcats in the Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal and compete for a national title.īREAKING: Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is The Associated Press college football player of the year, giving the Crimson Tide its second consecutive winner.įull story and voting details on the award presented by /BfDjYsKWl5Ĭontact/Follow us on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama news, notes and opinion. You can also follow AJ Spurr on Twitter. This comes just days after Young was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. 19 in the crosshairs for Nick Saban and the historic program in Tuscaloosa.Īccording to the AP website, “Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points to easily finish ahead of Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (four first-place votes, 67 points) for the AP Player of the Year honor presented by Regions Bank.” This season, Young has set records as he leads the Crimson Tide into another College Football Playoff with National Championship No. That’s the only measuring stick for Alabama quarterbacks so anything less than one national title before he leaves for the NFL will be shocking.Alabama’s first-year starting quarterback, sophomore Bryce Young, has been named the 2021 AP Football Player of the Year. Now, let’s see what Young has in store for an encore and if he can win a national championship like all of his predecessors listed above did. Tagovailoa: 12-of-16, 227 yards, 2 TD (1 rushing TD).Game logs were not available for Namath, Kenny Stabler or Bart Starr, but those numbers wouldn’t be reflective of the current state of offensive exploits in college and of the recent success of Alabama’s best quarterbacks under Saban. Young’s debut is so clearly better than Jones, Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts and McCarron. ![]() ![]() It trails only a 99-yard TD from AJ McCarron to Amari Cooper in 2013.īryce Young compared to past Alabama quarterbacks in their debut His 94-yard TD to Jameson Williams was tied for the 2nd-longest Pass TD in school history. Young also has the most pass yards in an Alabama starting debut. Young played into the fourth quarter to finish with 344 yards on 27-of-34 passing with the four touchdowns before giving Paul Tyson time to finish things off. What’s even more impressive is he only needed three quarters to set these records. There’s plenty of time for Young to aim for that record if Alabama is ever on the 1-yard line. McCarron‘s 99-yard score to Amari Cooper. Young also has the second-longest touchdown throw after his 94-yard touchdown to Jameson Williams put them behind A.J. He also set the record for most passing yards in a debut with 313. Namath is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and Jones just led the Tide to the national championship, won the Davey O’Brien Award and was a Heisman Trophy finalist. Pretty good company, huh? Bryce Young had the best debut of all time for an Alabama quarterback Young set a program record for most passing touchdowns in their first start with four, breaking the record held by Joe Namath and Mac Jones. Not only did Young not disappoint, but he may also have surpassed the already-lofty expectations the former five-star recruit had upon his arrival to Tuscaloosa. ![]() No Alabama football quarterback has had a better debut than Bryce Young.Įxpectations were high for Bryce Young entering his first season as the starting quarterback for the reigning national champions and the Alabama signal-caller did not disappoint. Young set new school records for touchdown passes and passing yards against the Bearcats site: media arena: collegefootball pageType: stories section: slug: cotton-bowl-2021-alabama-qb-bryce-young-breaks-passing-records-held-by-tua-tagovailoa-mac-jones sport: collegefootball route: 6-keys: media/spln.
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