American college football player, professional football player, quarterback
Quarterback for the 2005 BCS National Champion University of Texas (its first national football title since 1970.) First and only player in NCAA I-A history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.
Cover athlete on Madden NFL 2008 .
Father, with high school sweetheart Candice Johnson, of son Jordan.
His close friend (and mentor) was Steve McNair.
Partner, with Laura McIngvale Brown (daughter of James McIngvale and Linda McIngvale ) and her husband, exec chef Phillip Brown, of Vince Young Steakhouse. The first restaurant was opened on November 6, 2010 in Austin, Texas.
Drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the 2006 NFL Draft on April 29, 2006.
Released by the Green Bay Packers 25 days after signing with them. Young has not made an NFL regular-season appearance since playing in six games for Philadelphia in 2011. [August 31, 2013].
After Reggie Bush relinquished his Heisman Trophy in September 2010 in the wake of an investigation by the NCAA which revealed that he and his family had accepted improper gifts by two sports marketers, Young, who finished 2nd in the voting in 2005, said that the Downtown Athletic Club should give him the Trophy. However, the Heisman Trust decided to leave the award vacated for 2005.
(April 29) Selected 3rd overall by the Tennessee Titans in the NFL draft.
(September 2008) Starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans.
