Posted on 01/08/2006 2:01:03 PM PST by Racehorse
Vince Young announced Sunday that he is skipping his senior season as quarterback for the national champion Texas Longhorns and will enter the NFL draft.
"I've decided to enter the draft this year and go to the NFL," Young said in a news conference on the University of Texas campus. "I know that everybody is behind me, and I thank God for that. I won't let ya'll down."
Young said he made the decision after meeting with his pastor and family. He vowed to complete the requirements for his college degree.
"I want to thank God for this opportunity to be in the position I'm in today," Young said. "Hard work has paid off, a whole lot."
Young thanked UT coaches, staff members and teammates, as well as his mother, Felicia, whom he called "my superwoman."
Four days after leading Texas to its first college football national title since 1970, Young became the first Longhorn with eligibility remaining to leave early for the NFL in Mack Brown's eight-year tenure as coach of the Longhorns.
"I'll always be a Longhorn," Young said.
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Vince will obviously go very high. Depending on how teams trade around draft picks, I still expect Reggie Bush to be first. Leinart may actually be picked before Young.
Wow,
Do the Texans take Young for the potential marketing explosion? They've needed a guy like that to spark interest among Houston/Austin fans since they entered the league. or do they go with the smart football decison (safe) pick Bush?
If the Dolphins get him they will be unstoppable.
It makes this Sooner fan happy.:)
Dolphins should take Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt. I hope the Jets take D'Brickashaw Ferguson at 4.
Wondering if Young will be chose before Leinart.
It makes me happy, too. Not that I'm a Sooner fan...but I'll root for anyone playing Duke, ut or Wisconsin.
And yes, "ut" should be lower case.
Texans should trade down to a couple of spots (If they can get next years #1 from the team they are trading down with) and get an offensive Tackle.
Davis is good.
Carr is OK.
What the Texans need is an offensive line.
"And yes, "ut" should be lower case."
Ha, ha! We're the best. Suck on it.
I watched Young play the other night. He is good for a college player. I do not believe he will do well in the NFL.
We have seen hundreds of quarterbacks like him, fail in the NFL. Cade McNown, Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, ect...... What made them great in college, normally takes years to accomplish in the NFL. These players were great in college because of great runningbacks, receivers and of course, a great offensive line. When being drafted by a team at the bottom of the heap, they have none of these things in the NFL. It takes years to build that type of team. Unfortunately, very few teams have that desire. They want their young quarterback to win and win now. If they do not- they send them packing.
Unless Young is drafted to back up a great quarterback, like Farve- then he has very little chance. I do not see too many teams in the NFL right now that are willing to be patient with a new quarterback. The last team to really show that patience was the Colts and Manning. Manning showed great promise and they stuck with him, win or lose. Now look at Peyton!!!!
I hope this kid is not throwing away a chance to defend his National Championship title, in order make a few bucks.
No, another offensive guy won't make the Dolphins better, they'll score more points maybe, but their defense still needs to fix a few hitches in their giddyup. Just like my beloved Vikings.
Offensively the Vikes do need a stable, effective, smart quarterback to make that offense just hum up and down the field. Brad Johnson is that type of quarterback and was pivitol in the Vikings doing as well as they managed to do after that awful start. Culpepper, on the other hand, has remarkable talent but no success in being consistently efficient and smart. Maybe with the Vikes hiring Childress some of the offensive problems can be cleared up. BUT...the biggest problem is the Vikings defense. They were much better this year, but they still have a great deal to go before being a dominant force like the famous Purple People Eaters of old.
Look at the Bears...their offense pretty much sucks...BUT...they score enough to give their defense a chance. The Vikings need to work HARD on ratcheting up their defense to a much higer level of play befoee they'll solve the play off blues they currently have. Keep Randy Moss and let Culpepper go...give me a one dominant Defensive line man, one menacingly effective linebacker, and one really smothering defensive back...and the Vikes would be almost ubeatable.
The Dolphins? Their offense is not half bad...it's the defense that needs a retooling effort....no running game no make play offs, no defense - no win championships!!!
Dolphins need a quarterback other than Gus 'Fornot' or Sage Rosenthal. If they had someone somewhat talented at QB this past year they would have had 11-12 wins.
and the Vikings need to get rid of Ted Cotrell. His "bend not break" scheme is a bend and break disaster.
signed, a Jets fan
"And yes, "ut" should be lower case."
Ha, ha! We're the best. Suck on it.
I see that you're even able to demonstrate the class associated with a ut fan/grad/dropout.
Bull. You displayed your immature jealousy by making the comment in the first place.
If I were an NFL GM I'd probably go with Young to get the more mobile QB. He showed a nice arm on those intermediate routes during the Rose Bowl.
Well, the smart decision is drafting for a position you actually have a need for (OL). If the Texans draft anything but an OL, ownership ought to be run out of town and the team put up for sale on E-Bay.
What this means is that OU will win the Big 12 and Ohio State and LSU will play in the National Championship game.
I have never seen anyone play a better game than Vince Young did in the Rose Bowl, and I have watched a lot of games.
I wish him the best in the NFL. It is a crap shoot, nontheless, as many a great college player did not make it in the NFL. Look at Eric Crouch.
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