Michigan State’s Kenneth Walker, who finished sixth, Stroud and even Young’s teammate, Anderson, all briefly surged to the top of the leader boards. The race appeared mostly up for grabs heading into November. He threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns in his starting debut against Miami to begin the season, but it was the way he finished that won him the Heisman. Young showed immediately he was up to the task. “A lot of the other teams that we’ve had have been older, with lots of really good players and the quarterback didn’t need to be the focal point that Bryce had to be on this team this year,” Saban said. Leading an inexperienced offense that was replacing a mountain of NFL talent, Young wasn’t afforded the luxury of growing into the job. Then came Young, the five-star recruit from Southern California, who was Jones’ lightly used back-up last year. Bryce Young will stand as the first Crimson Tide quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy, marking history. Jones put up even better numbers than Tagovailoa in 2020, but settled for third in the Heisman voting behind his favorite receiver, Smith, and Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Tagovailoa was the Heisman runner-up to Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray in 2018 and then finished 10th in the voting in 2019, a season cut short by injury.
“It was important for me to live up to that, to meet that standard.” “It was big for me understanding the quarterback tradition and the standard that was being a quarterback at the University of Alabama,” Young said. Both are starting in the NFL after being selected in the first round of the draft.
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Young, a sophomore, stepped into the starting role held by Mac Jones last year and Tua Tagovailoa the two seasons prior. Saban’s Alabama dynasty has evolved into QB U. It seemed only a matter of time before a Tide quarterback took one home. Running backs Mark Ingram (2009) and Derrick Henry (2015) were Alabama’s first two Heisman winners and Smith, a receiver, was No. Stroud and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. The finalists (from left to right) included Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, quarterback Kenny Pickett from Pittsburgh, Ohio State quarterback C.J. The other schools to have Heisman winners in consecutive years are Yale (1936-37), Army (1945-46), Southern California (2004-05) - though Reggie Bush’s 2005 victory was later vacated - and Oklahoma (2017-18). Only four schools have won more: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Southern California each have won seven. Young is Alabama’s fourth Heisman winner, all in the last 13 years under coach Nick Saban. The defending national champion Crimson Tide will play No. Young has passed for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns this season, leading No 1 Alabama to a Southeastern Conference title and a spot in the College Football Playoff. He was named on 90% of all ballots, also the seventh highest in Heisman history. USA TODAY SportsĪ year after former teammate DeVonta Smith won the Heisman, Young received 83% of total points available, the seventh highest among 87 winners. Bryce Young, posing for pictures with head coach Nick Saban, received 684 first-place votes to easily beat out Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (78, 954). (31, 325) was fifth, putting two defensive players in the top five for the first time since 1962. Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett (28, 631) finished third and Ohio State quarterback C.J.
Young received 684 first-place votes and 2,311 points to easily outdistance Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (78, 954), who became the third defensive player to be Heisman runner-up and first since Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o in 2012.
He thanked his father, Craig, for being his “best friend,” his mother, Julie, for “always having my back,” and his offensive line for “protecting me.” “This is amazing,” said Young, dressed in all black with a sparkling diamond chain around his neck, as he started his acceptance speech. Young became the first Tide quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, making Alabama the fifth school with consecutive winners of college football’s most prestigious player of the year award. NEW YORK - Bryce Young didn’t just meet the standard set by the star quarterbacks who preceded him at Alabama, he exceeded it and gave the Crimson Tide a rare Heisman back-to-back. Texas makes early statement with big road win over AlabamaĪrch Manning trolled by ‘College GameDay’ fans ahead of Texas-Alabama clashĬollege football predictions: Take a shot on three underdogs
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