One of the nation’s top quarterbacks
who combines a strong, accurate arm
with great foot speed and athletic
ability. Vince Young was named to
the 2005 Maxwell Award and Davey O’Brien
Award watch lists. Vince Young is
listed as one of the top three candidates
for the Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien
Award by Lindy's. Vince Young was
chosen as one of the seven players
on The Sporting News' preseason Heisman
Trophy watch list. He was tabbed second-team
All-American by Athlon and third-team
by Street and Smith’s ,listed
as the third-best QB in the nation
entering 2005 by Lindy's
Vince Young moved into UT’s
starting quarterback role in the seventh
game of the 2003 season (at Iowa State)
is 17-2 (89.5%) as a starter, the
17 wins already rank ninth on the
UT all-time QB victory list, 17 wins
also are the most ever by a UT QB
in their first two years. Vince Young
has completed 232-of-393 passes (59.0%)
for 3,004 yards (No. 8 on UT’s
all-time chart) and 18 TDs (T-No.
8 in UT history) while rushing for
2,077 yards (No. 1 on UT’s all-time
QB rushing list/No. 14 on UT’s
all-time list) and 25 TDs (No. 9 on
UT’s all-time rushing TDs list/T-No.
1 among QBs) in 24 games (19 as the
starter) has the best-ever completion
percentage by a UT QB in their first
two seasons Young’s 43 TDs account
ed for are the most-ever by a UT QB
in their first two season