Vincent Paul Young Jr. is a former American football quarterback. Young played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons.

 

The Tennessee Titans drafted young with the third overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. He spent the first five seasons of his career with the Titans.

 

In his rookie season, Young was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team as a reserve. In 2009, Young earned his second Pro Bowl selection and was named Sporting News NFL Comeback Player of the Year. 

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Young played college football for the University of Texas. As a junior, he won the Davey O'Brien Award, awarded annually to the best college quarterback in the nation.

 

He finished second behind Reggie Bush in Heisman Trophy voting. After the Heisman voting, Young led his team to a BCS National Championship against the defending BCS national champion USC Trojans in the 2006 Rose Bowl. It was one of the most-anticipated, greatest games in college football history. Texas retired Young's jersey on August 30, 2008.

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On June 14, 2014, Young announced his retirement. After announcing his retirement, he did say that for a "guaranteed offer," he would come out of retirement. Young stated he also planned to work at the University of Texas in some form following his retirement. 

 

On August 14, 2014, Young had been hired by the University of Texas to work for its Division of Diversity and Community Engagement as a development officer for program alumni relations and raising money for programs that assist first-generation and low-income college students. 

 

His employment with the University of Texas ended on March 9, 2019, due to poor performance and absences, having been given job warnings dating back to 2017. He played Mother Ginger in the 56th annual production of The Nutcracker in December 2018. In early 2019 Young created a profile on Cameo.

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As a result of his strong on-field performance and his ties to the Houston area, January 10, 2006, was proclaimed "Vince Young Day" in his hometown. The Texas Senate passed a resolution on February 20, 2007, to declare the day "Vince Young Day" throughout the state.

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Young has been in some television commercials for Madden 2008 (for which he was on the cover), Reebok with Allen Iverson, a television commercial for Vizio, and Campbell's Chunky Soup. He also appears in rapper Mike Jones's "My 64" video. Young was also interviewed by 60 Minutes for an episode aired on September 30, 2007.

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Young re-enrolled at the University of Texas for the 2008 spring semester. In 2013, Young graduated from Texas with a youth and community studies degree from the College of Education.

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Young continues to live in Houston's Hiram Clarke neighborhood. Young's grandmother, Betty, lives in the Sunnyside area of Houston. Source.