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Steve Young: Faith and Football
February 26, 1999
Steve Young Biography
Source: Forever Young Foundation
Steve Young's claim to fame on the
gridiron include the honors of being the highest-rated quarterback in National
Football League (NFL) history, Super Bowl XXIX Most Valuable Player
(MVP), the NFL's MVP in 1992 and 1994, the only QB in NFL history to
have won four consecutive passing titles, the only QB in NFL history to post
four consecutive seasons with a quarterback rating of above 100 and he has
been selected to participate in the Pro Bowl the past six consecutive years.
Young's love of football began as a toddler.
His incredible speed often found him playing
running back instead of QB during his years
at Greenwich High School. He is the great,
great, great-grandson of Brigham Young,
founder of Brigham Young University
(BYU) where Young attended and set
collegiate records. He was a consensus
All-American and a Heisman Trophy
runner-up. In 1983, he was a first round
draft pick, selected by the now defunct
United States Football League, and
garnered a record setting $40 million
contract. After two seasons, he was
released from his contract and signed with
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The San
Francisco 49ers signed him as a back-up
QB in 1987 and since 1991, he has been
their starter.
Young is a corporate spokesperson for
high-profile products such as Visa, Nike,
Advil, Pert Plus, AllSport, PowerBar, Sun
Microsystems and the National Milk
Board. Articles about Young and the San
Francisco 49ers are written on a daily
basis throughout the year. He has recently
been profiled in a variety of periodicals
such as Sports Illustrated, Inside Sports,
People and GQ. Young has appeared on a
variety of talk shows and has dabbled in the
acting world over the past years with roles in
Beverly Hills 90210, Lois & Clark: The
New Adventures of Superman, and Wings.
He recently published a children's book
entitled Forever Young.
Young was born Jon Steven Young on
October 11, 1961 to Sherry and LeGrande
"Grit" Young in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is
the oldest of five siblings, Mike, Melissa,
Tom and Jim follow in that order. When he
was in elementary school, the family
relocated to Greenwich, Connecticut where
he attended Greenwich High School. He
received both his Bachelor of Science
(1983) and his Juris Doctor (1994) from
BYU. Young maintains two primary
residences: during the season he lives in Palo
Alto, California, and in the off-season, he
resides in Provo, Utah. He enjoys
mountain-biking, hiking, skiing, golfing,
reading, relaxing, and of course, playing
football.
In 1998, Steve Young had one of the
best seasons of his entire career. In
addition to putting up great numbers week
to week, Steve did hit several monumental
career milestones. First of all, he and Jerry
Rice broke the old record held by Dan
Marino and Mark Clayton for most
touchdowns by a quarterback-receiver
duo. In addition to setting this record with
Rice, Steve became the NFL's career
leader for rushing touchdowns by a
quarterback when he surpassed Jack
Kemp with his 41st, he exceeded the
30,000 yard mark(thats over 17 miles!)in
career passing, and became only the
second quarterback in NFL history to rush
for over 4,000 yards in his career.
Below are Steve Young's final stats for the
1998 season.
Games: 17
Games started: 17
Rushing Yards: 498
Attempts: 586
Completions: 363
Completion %: 61.9
Yards: 4641
Touchdowns: 40
Rating: 97.3
Source: Forever Young Foundation
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