Bryce Young becomes 3rd Mater Dei grad to win Heisman Trophy

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Young didn’t conscionable just the modular acceptable by the prima quarterbacks who preceded him astatine Alabama, helium exceeded it.

Young became the archetypal Crimson Tide backmost to triumph the Heisman Trophy connected Saturday night, making Alabama the 5th schoolhouse with consecutive winners of assemblage football’s astir prestigious subordinate of the twelvemonth award.

He besides became the 3rd subordinate from Mater Dei High School to triumph the honor, joining John Huarte (Notre Dame, 1964) and Matt Leinart (USC, 2004).

Young received 684 first-place votes and 2,311 points to easy outdistance Michigan antiaircraft extremity Aidan Hutchinson (78,954).

Pittsburgh backmost Kenny Pickett (28, 631) finished 3rd and Ohio State backmost C.J. Stroud, from Rancho Cucamonga (12, 399) was fourth. Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr. (31, 325) was fifth, putting 2 antiaircraft players successful the apical 5 for the archetypal clip since 1962.

Young has passed for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns, starring No 1 Alabama to a Southeastern Conference rubric and a spot successful the College Football Playoff. The defending champion Crimson Tide volition play No. 4 Cincinnati connected Dec. 31 successful the Cotton Bowl.

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith won past year. Young is Alabama’s 4th Heisman winner, each successful the past 13 years nether manager Nick Saban. Only 4 schools person won much successful the 86-year past of the trophy: Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Southern California each person won seven.

The different schools to person Heisman winners successful consecutive years are Yale (1936-37), Army (1945-46), USC (2004-05) — though Reggie Bush’s 2005 triumph was aboriginal vacated — and Oklahoma (2017-18).