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- Williams came in on a cornerback blitz from Young's blindside and scored a clean text-book tackle that launched Young backward – causing Young to slam his head against the turf. Running back Lawrence Phillips was supposed to block Williams, but missed. This left Young unconscious on the field for several minutes.
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Oct 31, 2018 · Arizona Cardinals safety Aeneas Williams, who was elected into the Hall of Fame in 2014, was untouched on a blitz and delivered a huge hit on Young that knocked him out. Running back Lawrence Phillips missed his assignment to pick up the blitz, but Owens said he agonizes over his role on the play, too.
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Mar 18, 2015 · Steve Young was sacked by Aeneas Williams on Sept. 27, 1999. Young’s head was slammed to the ground. One of the great quarterbacks of his era never played football again. Young’s...
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I was just shocked," Young said Wednesday, recalling the blow from blitzing cornerback Aeneas Williams that knocked him out midway through San Francisco's 24-10 victory at Arizona on Monday...
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Jon Steven Young was born on October 11, 1961, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Young family is direct descendants of Brigham Young, founder of Salt Lake City and the second president of the Latter-Day Saints church. Steve Young is a great-great-great-grandson of Brigham Young. When Steve was in elementary school, the Young family moved east to Greenwi...
Young did plenty of running. As a quarterback for the Cardinals, Young could throw the ball, but his forte was running, and he did it well. Greenwich used an option offense, and Young was a perfect fit. He passed the ball occasionally, throwing for more than 1,200 yards as a senior. He also ran with reckless abandon and tallied almost 2,000 yards a...
As he neared his high school graduation, plenty of schools were courting Young, but programs that passed the ball shied away from him. On film, the coaches at these programs saw a terrific scrambler, but not a particularly good passer. Coach Dick Crum at the University of North Carolina wanted Young to play in his option offense. However, Young wan...
Instead of giving up, Young’s competitiveness worked to his advantage and he practiced his tail off to improve as a passer. Jim McMahonbecame the starter in 1980 and led the Cougars to a 12-1 record and a one-point win in the Holiday Bowl. In 1981, Young started a few games when McMahon was injured and threw for 731 yards, five touchdowns, and five...
In the first round of the 1982 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears selected McMahon with the fifth overall pick. Now that McMahon was playing pro ball, Young became the Cougars’ starter in 1982. As expected by his coaches, Young excelled and passed for 3,100 yards, 18 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. On the ground, Young added 407 yards and 10 scores. He...
In the Spring of 1983, the United States Football League (USFL) began play. A number of college players who would have normally gone to the NFL after their college eligibility expired jumped to the new league, which promised more money. In the first round of the 1984 USFL draft, the Los Angeles Express selected Young with the 11th overall pick. The...
As the starting quarterback for LA, Young led the franchiseto a 10-8 record in 1984 while passing for 2,361 yards, 10 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. The Express had a talented rosterthat included future NFL players such as Tony Zendejas, Jo Jo Townsell, Mel Gray, Mark Adickes, and Gary Zimmerman. LA made it to the Western Conference Final wher...
Things didn’t get much better for LA in 1985. With essentially the same roster, the team struggled with several injuries and fell to 3-15. Young passed for 1,741 yards, six touchdowns, and 13 picks in 10 games in 1984. By the end of the season, Oldenburg had been called to task and he stopped paying the bills for his team. The USFL was left to cove...
There wasn’t much the USFL could do. The league was hemorrhaging money and the Generals’ owner, Donald Trump, conspired to move the league to the fall to make the NFL merge with the USFL. (This move was unsuccessful.) Thankfully, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers threw Young a lifeline. In the 1984 special supplemental draft for USFL and CFL players, the Bu...
Unfortunately for Young, his new situation in Tampa Bay wasn’t much better than playing for the Express. The Bucs had been just one game from the Super Bowl in 1979 and were in the playoffs as recently as 1982. In 1983 and 1984 combined, the team won exactly eight games. Young started five games in 1985 and passed for 935 yards, three touchdowns, a...
In Week 3 of the 1999 season, in a game played at Sun Devil Stadium and nationally televised on Monday Night Football, Williams delivered the hit which ultimately ended Hall of Fame San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Steve Young's career. Williams came in on a cornerback blitz from Young's blindside and scored a clean text-book tackle that ...
So Aeneas Williams hits me backward, and I think Dave Fiore's knee -- my head hits his knee, which is typically what happens. It's like this odd stuff that goes on that creates the impact.
Aug 3, 2021 · Early the next season, a seismic hit from Arizona cornerback Aeneas Williams concussed Young. And though doctors would later clear Young to return, he never played again.
