Former No. 1 overall pick whose mid-2024 benching turned into a real second-half rebound in Carolina.
Bryce Young's career nearly ended at age 23. Benched two games into 2024, he came back later that season and showed enough to keep the Panthers' starting job. 2025 was his first full year as the unquestioned starter, and the results were encouraging in a rebuilding offense.
Path to the league
Alabama Heisman winner in 2021 who beat Will Anderson Jr. to the No. 1 overall pick in 2023. Rookie season was a disaster around a 2-15 Panthers team. Got benched after Week 2 of 2024 before reclaiming the job in Week 8 and finishing strong.
Career highlights
2021 Heisman Trophy winner. 2021 Maxwell Award. SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2021). 2023 No. 1 overall pick. Came back from the 2024 benching to throw for over 1,500 yards and 12 TDs in his final 8 games.
2025 season recap
3,251 passing yards, 19 TDs, 13 INTs across 16 games. Carolina went 5-12 but the offense modernized under second-year OC Brad Idzik. Xavier Legette took a step forward at WR. Bryce's command of the offense was visibly better and Panthers fans saw the player that everyone projected coming out of Alabama.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Bryce Young
- Pro Football Reference: Bryce Young
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Passing
16 games played▶Passing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | RTG | QBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | panthers | 16 | 304 | 478 | 3,011 | 23 | 11 | 87.8 | 47.6 |
| 2024 | panthers | 14 | 234 | 384 | 2,403 | 15 | 9 | 82.2 | 50.7 |
| 2023 | panthers | 16 | 315 | 527 | 2,877 | 11 | 10 | 73.7 | 34.1 |
▶Rushing · career
| Year | Team | GP | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | panthers | 16 | 54 | 216 | 4.0 | 2 | 24 |
| 2024 | panthers | 14 | 43 | 249 | 5.8 | 6 | 34 |
| 2023 | panthers | 16 | 39 | 253 | 6.5 | 0 | 26 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Quarterback
- Group
- offense
- College
- Alabama
- Hometown
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Age
- 24
- Status
- active
