Steve Young

Jon Steven “Steve” Young (October 11, 1961-) (QB) is the first professional quarterback to ever pass for more than 300 yards and rush for another 100 yards in a single game when he did so as a member of the Los Angeles Express of the USFL. Steve was a three-sport co-captain as a senior in high school – football, basketball, and baseball – who averaged 15 points per games in basketball and threw a no-hitter for his high school baseball team. Young attended Brigham Young University where he followed Chicago Pro Bowl quarterback Jim McMahon as the Cougars’ starting QB. He set an NCAA record averaging 584.2 total offense per game. The LA Express signed Steve in 1984 where he led a powerful, but anemic offense for two years before the team went bankrupt and the league folded. HE played two seasons in LA (1984-1985). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers then took Young with the Number 1 overall pick of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft. Young played two years in Tampa (1985-1986), and was then traded to the San Francisco 49ers (1987-1999) where he finished his career. Steve served as backup to Hall of Famer Joe Montana for four seasons before earning his place at the helm of the high-powered San Francisco offense that won three Super Bowls (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) over a seven-year span.

Young took the NFL by storm, along with wide out Jerry Rice, as he averaged 239.1 passing yards per game, 3,348 passing yards, 24 touchdowns and a 102.4 passer rating per season from 1991-1998. During that same span, he led the NFL in touchdowns four times, five times in completion percentage and six times in quarterback passer rating. Always a double threat as a potential runner, Young rushed for an average of 358 yards and four touchdowns from 1991-1998. Steve was a four-time NFL All-Pro First Team selection and appeared in seven NFL Pro Bowls. Young earned the 1992 and 1994 AP, PFWA and NEA NFL MVP Awards, the 1992 and 1994 UPI NFL Player of the Year and NFC Offensive Player of the Year and was named the 1992 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year as well. Steve won six passing titles and won the 1995 Super Bowl XXIX MVP Award after throwing six touchdowns against the San Diego Chargers in a 49-26 rout. Steve Young ended his career with 33,124 career passing yards and 232 touchdowns on 2,667 completions in 4,149 attempts. He had a 196.0 career passer rating. Young scored a total of 260 career points during his 15-year career as he rushed for 4,239 yards and scored 43 rushing touchdowns and one two-point conversion. Steve Young was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

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