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Jul 1, 2023 · He played primarily for the San Francisco 49ers, with a stint at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before his NFL journey, Young excelled in football at Brigham Young University (BYU). Young achieved numerous accolades throughout his career, including twice winning the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award.
- Mormon Roots
- Run First and Often
- Young Goes to BYU
- Young Rises on The Depth Chart
- Young Becomes The Cougars’ Starter
- Young Signs with The USFL
- Young Leads The Express
- Young Ditches The Express
- Tampa Bay Signs Young
- Tough Times in Tampa
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...
May 12, 2022 · Saturday: After his third sleepless night, the Bay Area family Young was staying with saw enough signs of his unraveling that they insisted that he seek help. “And I for the first time in my ...
Nov 5, 2023 · Young, once a Hall of Fame quarterback for the 49ers, is now on the sidelines as an assistant coach for Menlo High School’s girls’ flag football team. He is coaching his daughters, freshman ...
Apr 5, 2014 · NFL Hall of Famer and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young gestures to fans as his No. 8 is retired during a halftime ceremony at the 49ers' NFL football game against the New England Patriots on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, in San Francisco.
Dec 26, 2021 · Steve Young's wild 49-yard dash through a maze of Minnesota Vikings in a crucial 1988 game stands as one of the greatest quarterback scrambles of all time. It showcased Young's speed,...
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In 1987, Young was traded to the San Francisco 49ers where he served as the backup to Hall of Famer Joe Montana. After seeing limited action in his first four seasons with the 49ers, Young stepped into the starting role in 1991 after Montana suffered an injury.
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