Bryce Young with the Carolina Panthers, 2024
With the Carolina Panthers, 2024. Photo: Sgt. Andrew Skiver, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Alabama, 2019–⁠22

Bryce Young

Number
No. 9
Height
6′0″
Weight
194 lb
Class (2022)
Junior
Hometown
Pasadena, CA
Born
Jul 25, 2001, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wikipedia readers: about 31,407 a month over the past year

Bryce Young played quarterback at Alabama (2019–⁠22). He won the 2021 Heisman Trophy, the 2021 Davey O’Brien Award, the 2021 Manning Award and the 2021 Maxwell Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2021. The Carolina Panthers took Young first overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
4,872
Passing yards, 2021 (Alabama, 13–⁠2)
Best game
559 yards
Vs. Arkansas, week 12, 2021: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 2
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2021
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 2023 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Career highs

559passing yards, best game on filevs. Arkansas, 20215touchdown passes, best game on filefive times; last vs. Kansas State, 2022100rushing yards, best game on filevs. Utah State, 20222rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Tennessee, 2021

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2020; SEC champions, 2020 and 2021

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2020Alabama132259.11567.110
2021Alabama36654766.94,8728.9477
2022Alabama24538064.53,3288.8325
On file (2020–⁠22)62494965.88,3568.88012

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020Alabama9−23−2.6012
2021Alabama8100.0316
2022Alabama491853.8463
On file (2020–⁠22)1391621.2763

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2020Alabama731.5000

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Alabama9QBFr.
2021Alabama9QBSo.
2022Alabama9QBJr.6′0″194

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2020Alabama290.26––7.66%––
2021Alabama6260.4588th (n=145)0.33283.556%0.760.30
2022Alabama4310.4588th (n=250)0.32193.852%0.610.26

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2022 Alabama 12 games, 3,328 passing yards, 32 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Utah StateW 55–⁠0182819550100
Sep 10atTexasW 20–⁠1927392131038
Sep 17vs.UL MonroeW 63–⁠71318236326
Sep 24vs.VanderbiltW 55–⁠32536385406
Oct 1atArkansasW 49–⁠26713173114
Oct 15atTennesseeL 49–⁠52355245520−4
Oct 22vs.Mississippi StateW 30–⁠6213524920−13
Nov 5atLSUL 31–⁠3225513281110
Nov 12atOle MissW 30–⁠2421332093010
Nov 19vs.Austin PeayW 34–⁠0182422120−10
Nov 26vs.AuburnW 49–⁠2720303433148
Dec 31 ✦vs.Kansas StateW 45–⁠20152132150−10
2021 Alabama 15 games, 4,872 passing yards, 47 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.MiamiW 44–⁠13273834440−1
Sep 11vs.MercerW 48–⁠141927227301
Sep 18atFloridaW 31–⁠29223524030−4
Sep 25vs.Southern MissW 63–⁠14202231351−11
Oct 2vs.Ole MissW 42–⁠21202624121−4
Oct 9atTexas A&ML 38–⁠41284836931−1
Oct 16atMississippi StateW 49–⁠920283484018
Oct 23vs.TennesseeW 52–⁠2431433712042
Nov 6vs.LSUW 20–⁠14243730220−22
Nov 13vs.New Mexico StateW 59–⁠32123270507
Nov 20vs.ArkansasW 42–⁠35314055950−11
Nov 27atAuburnW 24–⁠22255131721−23
Dec 4vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠2426444213040
Dec 31 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 27–⁠617281813112
Jan 10 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 18–⁠33355736912−43
2020 Alabama 7 games, 7 tackles
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 26atMissouriW 38–⁠195854002
Oct 24atTennesseeW 48–⁠17353000−2
Oct 31vs.Mississippi StateW 41–⁠0020000
Nov 21vs.KentuckyW 63–⁠3225310−8
Nov 28vs.AuburnW 42–⁠13–––––−8
Dec 5atLSUW 55–⁠1701000−7
Dec 12atArkansasW 52–⁠3341900–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2023
Height5′10⅛″
Weight204 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan73½″W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 50 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2023Carolina Panthers163155272,8771110253
2024Carolina Panthers142343842,403159249
2025Carolina Panthers163044783,0112311216
2026 (so far)Carolina Panthers41011621,2689219
NFL career509541,5519,5595832737

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.