Depth Chart Number 8

In a halftime ceremony during the San Francisco 49ers game against the Patriots on October 5th the 49ers will retire the #8 jersey of the Hall Of Fame quarterback Steve Young. It's rather ironic that in 1981 he began his collegiate cougar career on the depth chart by the very same number, at number 8. Of the honor in his jersey being retired Young was quoted "It's a tremendous honor, there's no question about it". Steve currently ranks number 2 all time for rushing yards by a cougar quarterback (1,84 yards with 18 TDs only behind Virgil Carter). In 1983 he was a consensus All American, won the Davey O'Brien and Sammy Baugh Awards even finishing second in the Heisman Trophy Balloting. Overall Young threw for 56 TDs covering 7,733 yards as a Cougar eventually receiving a Juris Doctor JD from BYUs J Rueben Clark Law School. Back in 1994 Steve was given the honor of the BYU Athletic Hall Of Fame. It wasn't until 2001 when he was formally inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame. At the season opener against Georgia Tech on August 28th 2003 Steve Young's jersey was retired at Lavell Edwards Stadium forever hanging in tribute to all his contributions to the program.

As a 49er Steve spent 13 seasons under center. In fact during the 94-95 seasons he took snaps from former Cougar Bart Oates who is also a lawyer which likely was the only time in NFL history one lawyer has snapped to another. Over the course of his NFL career Young was selected to seven consecutive Pro Bowls while compiling the highest in NFL history career passer rating. Steve was selected in 1999 by the Sporting News on their list of the 100 greatest players. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 2005, the first left handed quarterback to be so honored. Steve is a two time league MVP who led the 49ers to its fifth NFL title in the 1995 Superbowl with a NFL record of 6 TD passes. After numerous concussions Young ultimately retired finishing an phenomenal career with over 33,000 passing yards and 232 TD passes. He currently works as an NFL analyst for ESPNs monday night football with Stuart Scott and Emmitt Smith. Always great to see a Cougar receive national recognition.