Vince Young played college football at the University of Texas, where he is often mentioned among the greatest quarterbacks in NCAA history.
78 Facts About Vince Young
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Vince Young finished second behind Reggie Bush in Heisman Trophy voting.
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In 2009, Vince Young earned his second Pro Bowl selection and was named Sporting News NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
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Vince Young later played one year as a backup with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011 and had offseason stints with the Buffalo Bills, the Green Bay Packers, and Cleveland Browns from 2012 to 2014.
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Vince Young grew up in the Hiram Clarke neighborhood of Houston, Texas, where he was primarily raised by his mother and his grandmother.
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At the age of seven, Vince Young was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle at the corner of Tidewater and Buxley, streets in his Houston neighborhood.
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Some of Vince Young's friends were a part of the "Hiram Clarke Boys", a local street gang; many of those friends died as a result of their activities.
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Vince Young's mother confronted him after he had been involved in a fight between gangs, and told him that he needed to change his behavior.
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Vince Young was like LeBron James in Houston when he was coming out of high school.
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Vince Young made the all-state team in football and in track.
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Vince Young enrolled at the University of Texas, where he played for coach Mack Brown's Texas Longhorns football team from 2002 to 2005.
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Vince Young was part of an exceptionally strong Texas recruiting class that included future NFL players Rodrique Wright, Justin Blalock, Brian Robison, Kasey Studdard, Lyle Sendlein, David Thomas, Selvin Young, and Aaron Ross.
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Vince Young appeared in 12 games and passed for 1,155 yards, six passing touchdowns, and seven interceptions to go along with 135 carries for 998 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns.
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In recognition of his Rose Bowl accomplishments, Vince Young was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2018.
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The day after Texas won the BCS National Championship, Vince Young accepted an invitation to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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On January 8,2006, Vince Young announced he would enter the NFL draft, where he was expected to be drafted early in the first round.
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On February 25,2006, during the NFL Combine, it was reported that Vince Young scored a 6 out of a possible 50 points on his Wonderlic Test.
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Vince Young was the first quarterback taken in the draft, with the Titans choosing him instead of Matt Leinart.
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The Titans general manager, Floyd Reese, said Vince Young's upside was the deciding factor in his being chosen.
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On July 27,2006, Vince Young agreed to terms on his initial contract with the Titans.
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Vince Young achieved his first NFL victory on October 15,2006.
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On Sunday, November 26,2006, Vince Young led his first NFL fourth-quarter comeback, against the New York Giants.
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Vince Young subsequently led a scoring drive, throwing a touchdown pass to ex-Longhorn teammate Bo Scaife.
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Vince Young led the Titans back from a 4th quarter deficit for the 3rd consecutive week, with the game eventually going into OT.
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Vince Young ended the day going 13-of-20 for 183 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions, with a rating of 127.7.
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Vince Young rushed 8 times for 61 yards and 1 touchdown.
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Vince Young held the then NFL record for rushing yards by a rookie quarterback with 552, breaking the old record of 408 yards set by Bobby Douglass in 1969.
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Vince Young won the Associated Press NFL Offensive Rookie of The Year honors at the conclusion of the 2006 NFL campaign, becoming only the third quarterback to win the award, along with Dennis Shaw and Ben Roethlisberger.
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On February 3, Vince Young was named to the 2007 Pro Bowl to replace Philip Rivers whose foot injury kept him out of what would have been his first Pro Bowl appearance.
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Vince Young threw one interception in limited play time in the Pro Bowl.
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Vince Young has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated six times: once in the 2005 College Football season preview issue, on a December issue prior to the Big 12 Championship game versus Colorado, on the weekly edition after the 2006 Rose Bowl and the Commemorative edition following the 2006 Rose Bowl, once for the 2006 NFL Draft preview issue, and most recently after the Titans won 4 straight games in the 2006 NFL season.
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Vince Young was awarded the NFL Rookie of the Year honors for 2006.
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Vince Young apologized for his behavior and was allowed to play for the next game.
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Vince Young threw for 164 yards and a touchdown and ran for 53 yards on 5 carries.
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Vince Young injured his quadriceps during the first half of a matchup against Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 6.
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Vince Young went to the dressing room clutching his leg, but returned after half-time and was shown warming up on the sidelines.
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In Week 13, Vince Young had his best overall passing game of the season against the Houston Texans.
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Vince Young added 5 carries for 44 yards which brought his streak of 250+ combined yardage games to 4 straight.
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In Week 15, Vince Young posted his best QB Rating of the season by going 16 of 26 for 191 yards with 2 touchdown and 0 interceptions for a QB Rating of 109.6.
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Vince Young would leave the game in the 3rd quarter after suffering what seemed to be a re-injury of his right quad which kept him out for a game earlier in the season.
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Vince Young won eight of his ten starts in the 2009 campaign.
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On November 29,2009, Vince Young led the Titans on a 2:37 long, 99-yard drive near the end of their game against the Arizona Cardinals.
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Vince Young sealed the deal, with a 10-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Kenny Britt on 4th down as time expired.
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Vince Young finished with a 99.7 quarterback rating, went 27 for 43, with a career-high 387 yards, one touchdown, and had four carries for eight yards.
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Vince Young finished third in the bidding for the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award behind Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Carnell Williams and the winner, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
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Shortly thereafter, Vince Young was announced as the Sporting News comeback player of the year.
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Vince Young played in the 2010 Pro Bowl, taking the roster spot of the injured Philip Rivers after Ben Roethlisberger and Carson Palmer declined to replace Rivers due to their own respective injuries.
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On July 28,2011, Vince Young was released by the Titans.
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Vince Young was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles to a one-year contract on July 29,2011.
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Vince Young's first start as an Eagle came on November 20,2011, in a Sunday Night Football match up against the New York Giants.
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Vince Young finished with 400 yards with one touchdown and one interception in a losing effort.
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Vince Young signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills on May 11,2012.
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Vince Young was released by the team on August 27,2012.
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Vince Young was released by the team on August 31,2013.
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On May 1,2014, Vince Young signed a one-year contract with the Cleveland Browns.
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Vince Young was released by the team on May 12,2014.
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On March 8,2017, Vince Young was rumored to be signing with the Roughriders imminently.
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Vince Young entered training camp fighting alongside Bryan Bennett and Brandon Bridge for the backup quarterback position to CFL-veteran Kevin Glenn.
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On June 6,2017, partway through training camp, Vince Young suffered a hamstring injury.
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Vince Young stated he planned to work at the University of Texas in some form following his retirement.
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Vince Young has been in a number of television commercials for Madden 08, Reebok with Allen Iverson, and Campbell's Chunky Soup.
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Vince Young appears in rapper Mike Jones's video, "My 64".
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Vince Young was interviewed by 60 Minutes for an episode that was aired on September 30,2007.
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Vince Young re-enrolled at the University of Texas for the 2008 spring semester.
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In 2013, Vince Young graduated from Texas with a degree in youth and community studies from the College of Education.
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On September 9,2008, a distraught Vince Young left his home without his cell phone.
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The reasons given were that Vince Young was upset over being booed by fans after throwing a second interception against the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars the previous day and the sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee suffered four plays after head coach Jeff Fisher prodded him back into the game.
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In September 2012, the Associated Press reported that Vince Young had spent much of the $34 million salary he earned in the NFL and was facing financial problems after defaulting on a $1.9 million high interest payday loan.
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Vince Young filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the lender, Pro Player Funding LLC, from enforcing a judgment of nearly $1.7 million with a claim that the loan documents were forged and he did not knowingly execute the loan.
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However, Vince Young had authorized $1 million in loan payments to Pro Player directly from his Eagles salary prior to defaulting and Vince Young's signatures on loan documents were notarized.
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Vince Young filed lawsuits against his former agent, Major Adams, and a North Carolina financial planner, Ronnie Peoples, alleging that they misappropriated $5.5 million of funds.
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In January 2014, Vince Young filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a Houston federal bankruptcy court.
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In December 2008, Young filed suit against former Major League Baseball player Enos Cabell and two others for applying for a trademark to use his initials and "Invinceable" nickname to sell products without his permission in 2006.
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The suit claims that their use of Vince Young's name has damaged endorsement deals for Vince Young; he asked the court to give him the exclusive rights to use the initials and nickname.
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On January 25,2016, Vince Young was arrested for DWI in Austin, Texas.
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Vince Young pleaded no contest, was fined $300, and ordered to undergo 60 hours of community service.
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On February 5,2019, Vince Young was arrested for DWI in Fort Bend County, Texas.
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Vince Young was released on a $500 bail the same day.