Alabama lost several offensive players from the 2020 national championship team to the National Football League, but Bryce Young has the program in the College Football Playoff.
The Crimson Tide had some inconsistent moments, but Young led it to an SEC Championship victory over Georgia.
He kept in order and has the team playing its best at the right time. Young won Associated Press Player of the Year on Thursday. He received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points overall. Young beat out Michigan’s Aiden Hutchinson, Kenny Pickett of Pittsburgh, his teammate, Will Anderson, and Ohio State’s C.