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Missing out on winning the Heisman Trophy to USC running back Reggie Bush had to put a chip on the shoulder of former Texas football superstar quarterback Vince Young. As a Heisman finalist in 2005 alongside Bush and USC quarterback Matt Leinart, it looked like he could be a worthy winner.
However, the three Heisman finalists from that heralded 2006 NFL Draft class at the time wound up meeting in the BCS National Championship Game. Young got the best of Leinart and Bush when it was all said and done in that memorable 2006 Rose Bowl off a 4th-and-5 rushing touchdown.
The stat line and raw numbers for Young don’t pop off the page like McCoy’s do. But Young has one honor that McCoy never got thanks to an injury against Alabama, and that’s a championship ring. Young picked that 2005 Texas team up and completely put them on his shoulders to win the first national title in a long time for the men in burnt orange.
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Young had slightly over 80 total touchdowns in three seasons with the Longhorns. He was an absolute playmaker that just had that knack for knowing what was needed to win the game. That “it factor” didn’t translate for him well since leaving the Forty Acres, but his time there was really special.