Alabama quarterback Bryce Young threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns as the top-ranked Crimson Tide began defense of their national title with a 44-13 rout of Miami in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game in Atlanta on Saturday.
Young, in his first collegiate start, set the school record for most yards and touchdowns in a debut. He threw first-half scoring strikes to John Metchie for 37 yards, and hit Cameron Latu for scores of 9 and 25 yards in the second quarter. Those catches for Latu where the first of his career.
Alabama, who has won 12 of the last 13 meetings between the schools, scored the first five times it had the ball and dominated the line of scrimmage as Young had plenty of time to complete 27 of his 38 passes to nine receivers.