Former Mater Dei quarterback Bryce Young wins 2021 Heisman Trophy after leading Alabama to College Football Playoff

In 2019 as a senior at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, Young threw for 4,528 yards and 58 touchdowns while completing 71.9% of his passes.

Two days after being named AP Player of the Year, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy Saturday night. The former Santa Ana Mater Dei quarterback is the third Monarch to win the award given to the nation's most outstanding college football player after John Huarte (Notre Dame) in 1964 and Matt Leinart (USC) in 2004.

So far this season, Young has led Alabama to a 12-1 record, SEC championship and College Football Playoff appearance as a sophomore. He's thrown for 4,322 yards and 43 touchdowns.

Young played high school football for two seasons at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles before enrolling at Mater Dei for his junior and senior seasons. In his high school career, Young threw for 13,250 yards and 152 touchdowns in 52 games. He led Mater Dei to Southern Section and CIF State titles as a junior and after his senior season, Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson called Young "the greatest quarterback in Mater Dei history."

2019 Bryce Young high school football highlights

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