The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Vince Young honored as Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year
07.10.2006 | Football
NOTE: THREE-TIME LONGHORNS SWEEP
With former Longhorns stars Cat Osterman and Vince Young being named the 2005-06 Big 12 Athletes of the Year, Texas has now swept those honors for the second consecutive year and for the third time in the conference's 10-year history. UT remains the only school to ever sweep the award. Osterman, along with former UT linebacker and current Kansas City Chief Derrick Johnson, won the awards in 2004-05, while Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams and NCAA track and field 400 meter and relay champion Suziann Reid each won the award in 1998-99.
DALLAS -- Former University of Texas QB Vince Young was named the 2006 Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year, the conference office has announced. Young becomes the second consecutive Longhorns football player to claim the award and the third male Longhorn (all football players) to be honored with the Big 12's top award (Derrick Johnson, 2005; Ricky Williams, 1999).
Young also won the Davey O'Brien (nation's top QB), Maxwell (nation's top player) and Manning (nation's top quarterback) awards and was named the Cingular/ABC Player of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American in 2005. He also was the MVP of the BCS Championship game, the Big 12 Player of the Year and finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting, the highest ever by a UT QB.
The third overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, Young led the Longhorns to their fourth National Championship in school history, while becoming the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards or more and pass for 2,500 yards or more in the same season. He finished his junior season with 1,050 yards and 12 TDs on the ground, while completing 65.2 percent of his passes for 3,036 yards (No. 3 on UT's single-season list) and 26 TDs (T-No. 1 on UT's single season list). He also set the school single-season total offense record with 4,086 yards. His 163.95 passer rating was the third best in the nation.
Young finished his career as the winningest quarterback in UT history, compiling a 30-2 record as a starter. His .938 winning percentage is the sixth-best in NCAA history. He became just the third quarterback in NCAA history to rush for 3,000 yards or more and pass for 6,000 yards or more. Young completed 61.8 percent of his passes for 6,040 yards (No. 5 on UT's career list) and 44 TDs (No. 4 on UT's career list). He also rushed for 3,127 yards and 37 TDs, while averaging 6.8 yards per carry. Both his rushing yards and TDs are UT quarterback records, and stand fifth and fourth, respectively, among all rushers. He is also the Texas career leader in total offense with 9,167 yards and TDs responsible for with 81.