Alabama backmost Bryce Young poses for a photograph aft winning the Heisman Trophy, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, successful New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Young didn’t conscionable just the modular acceptable by the prima quarterbacks who preceded him astatine Alabama, helium exceeded it and gave the Crimson Tide a uncommon Heisman back-to-back.
Young became the archetypal Tide backmost to triumph the Heisman Trophy connected Saturday night, making Alabama the 5th schoolhouse with consecutive winners of assemblage football’s astir prestigious subordinate of the twelvemonth award.
“This is amazing,” said Young, dressed successful each achromatic with a sparkling diamond concatenation astir his neck, arsenic helium started his acceptance speech.
He thanked his father, Craig, for being his “best friend,” his mother, Julie, for “always having my back,” and his violative enactment for “protecting me.”
Young received 684 first-place votes and 2,311 points to easy outdistance Michigan antiaircraft extremity Aidan Hutchinson (78, 954), who became the 3rd antiaircraft subordinate to beryllium Heisman runner-up and archetypal since Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o successful 2012.
Pittsburgh backmost Kenny Pickett (28, 631) finished 3rd and Ohio State backmost C.J. Stroud (12, 399) was fourth. Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. (31, 325) was fifth, putting 2 antiaircraft players successful the apical 5 for the archetypal clip since 1962.
A twelvemonth aft erstwhile teammate DeVonta Smith won the Heisman, Young received 83% of full points available, the seventh highest among 87 winners. He was named connected 90% of each ballots, besides the seventh highest successful Heisman history.
Young has passed for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns this season, starring No 1 Alabama to a Southeastern Conference rubric and a spot successful the College Football Playoff. The defending nationalist champion Crimson Tide volition play No. 4 Cincinnati connected Dec. 31 successful the Cotton Bowl.
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