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Height	Weight	Arm Length	Hand Size
5'11"	204 lbs.	30 1/2"	9 3/4"

40 Yard Dash	Bench Press	Vertical Jump	Broad Jump	3-Cone Drill	20 Yard Shuttle
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Games	Completions	Attempts	Cmp %	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions	Rush Yards	Rush Touchdowns
34	624	949	65.8	8356	80	12	162	7

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Pros

• Elite football IQ on the field that has allowed Alabama to stay afloat in games despite a reduction in overall talent.

• Exceptional athleticism for the position that has allowed him to create his own plays and keep defenses on their toes.

 

• He can take off and run with the best of them in college football and has had great success breaking a tackle and finding daylight.

 

• He can make defenders miss in the open field to pick up yards and knows how to fall down and fight another day when defenders are incoming. 

 

• Elite mechanics as a thrower that has allowed him to make precise pin-point accurate throws in and out of the pocket. 

 

• Quick release on passes with precise decision making has allowed him to carve defense like a thanksgiving Turkey. 

 

• The best improving quarterback to come out of college in the past few years with a ridiculous amount of production coming from him throwing on the run. 

 

• He has good pocket awareness and knows when to take off and make plays.

 

• Young knows how to fool defenders in the secondary with his eyes and usage of pump fakes and has given his receivers more room to get open because of it. 

 

• Has experience reading defenses and calling audibles when he doesn't like the current play. 

 

• Elite leadership skills and a clear and present high character work ethic on and off the field. 

Cons

• He's far smaller lankier than NFL scouts desire in a franchise quarterback and will need to make sure fir the entirety of his career to be careful of the amount of punishment he takes.

• He can be too eager at times to take off and run which will be his doom in the NFL if he crosses the wrong player in the field.
  

• Most of his production has come from improvising due to his size and may be incapable of becoming a full time pocket passer. 

• Alabama is highly talented roster with NFL prospects at every position which made it easier for Young to make plays.

•  His production dipped in 2022 a bit when his receivers left for the pros the year prior which may show a heavy reliance on talent around him. 

• Played only 5 ranked teams in 2022 going 3-2 with a bad loss against LSU, showing the competition he faced rarely could give him challenges.

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• Other Alabama quarterbacks have made the journey into the NFL with little success, a coincidence that is scary to see when scouting him and projecting success. 

Overview

If Bryce Young was 6'5" and 230 lbs., he would not just be the #1 quarterback in the draft but #1 overall player with his intangibles and skills at this point in his career. He's one of the most exciting quarterback prospects to come out of college in the past few years and certainly is the best quarterback to come out of Alabama in a very long time, including Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones. His leadership skills, attention to detail, and pension magical plays won him the Heisman in 2021 and made him a house hold across America. The NFL however is a different beast entirely and his size concerns are scary and are made even more terrifying when you consider the plights of Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson, Lamar Jackson, Brock Purdy and pretty much every quarterback lace up cleats in the NFL that didn't possess a big enough build to take on the relentless brutality of professional football. It's hard to project injury and longevity in the NFL obviously some guys get hurt and others don't but quarterbacks of Young's size often find themselves breaking down by the time they are 30 yrs old. In the right situation with the right offense, Young could flourish and succeed but a lot of pieces have to be in place for that to happen, starting with his protection up front.