The first Heisman winner Young can recall is former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. "He can make plays even in the toughest situations.” “Bryce is very smart, very instinctive," Anderson said this week. Then allow one of Young’s teammates, star linebacker Will Anderson Jr., explain why his quarterback is a Heisman winner. The unflappability he shows in games carries over to the interview room, where he persistently avoids discussing his exploits no matter the question and uses his answers to praise his teammates. Young didn’t mention that play or any of the beautiful deep passes he’s thrown this season. to close in on Young, he flicked the ball Robinson, who gained 13 yards. After Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean left Alabama running back Brian Robinson Jr. Young showed poise under pressure and wriggled away from three pass rushers. The play was supposed to be a pass, but protection broke down. WILL ANDERSON ON BRYCE YOUNG: The humorous story of an accidental hit on Alabama's star quarterback in practiceĪ few days after the SEC championship, I asked Young to point to the play he made this season stood out to him most.įor me, it’s his unscripted option pitch against Georgia.
1-ranked defense look like a bunch of nobodies. Young passed, pitched and scrambled to make the Bulldogs’ No. Young sealed the award in last week’s 41-24 SEC Championship victory over Georgia. “I would never say I’ve seen him rattled or intimidated by anything.”Ī 24-22 Iron Bowl victory in four overtimes pushed Young to the head of the Heisman pack. "That last drive, Bryce had a smile on his face,” wide receiver Jameson Williams said. View Gallery: Bryce Young: Alabama football quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner Young didn’t play particularly well for much of the game – but that could be forgiven after he orchestrated a 97-yard scoring drive late in the fourth quarter to force overtime, then dazzled in the extra periods. Alabama’s offensive line kept getting whipped, the Tide run game was ineffective and reduced to one healthy scholarship running back in the fourth quarter. Those issues came to a head in the Iron Bowl. Alabama’s ground attack served as little more than window dressing in its past four games against SEC foes. And the Crimson Tide does not have its usual depth of load-shouldering running backs. Heisman voters are swayed by late-season performances and Heisman moments, and Young combined his unflappability with highlight plays throughout November and December to pull away from a crowded pack of contenders.Īlabama’s program has boasted dominant offensive lines throughout Saban’s tenure, but that dominance has been replaced by inconsistency this season. With at least one game remaining, Young already has broken Alabama’s single-season record for completions and tied its season record for passing attempts.īut Young didn’t seize college football’s top individual award on stats alone. Alabama is on pace to finish a season with more passing attempts than rushes for the first time ever. Each is now starting in the NFL.Īs good as those three were for Alabama, none meant as much to the Crimson Tide offense as Young does. Hurts became a second-round NFL Draft pick, while Tagovailoa and Jones were first-round selections.
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Tagovailoa’s 2018 season lasted atop Alabama’s chart for all of two seasons before Mac Jones rewrote the record books last season. He was so good he pulled the starting job away from Hurts, and in 2018, Tagovailoa compiled the best season ever by an Alabama quarterback and placed second for the Heisman. Then five-star Tua Tagovailoa arrived and became a passer unlike any Alabama had seen. A dual threat, Hurts possessed abilities his predecessors didn’t. In 2013, he became Alabama’s first quarterback to finish as a Heisman runner-up.īut Alabama’s evolution into a quarterback-driven offense didn’t begin in earnest until Jalen Hurts became a freshman starter in 2016. McCarron was the best from this mold, and by the end of his career, the term “game manager” provided insufficient praise to McCarron’s passing ability.
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