Before he landed a flurry of high-profile endorsements, dragged Alabama back to the College Football Playoff and emerged as the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, Bryce Young once fought a perception battle that now seems unimaginable.
He had to prove that he wasn’t too small to be an elite quarterback.
At the national quarterback camps he attended as a preteen, Young was typically the shortest participant. The oversized T-shirts handed out to every camper would often hang down to his knees. Because of Young's slight stature, camp organizers often assumed he couldn’t throw as well as his taller, stronger peers.