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The Associated Press college football player of the year is Alabama quarterback Bryce Young.
Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from the AP Top 25 voters and 137 points to easily finish ahead of Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson for the AP Player of the Year.
Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. was fourth, and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud was fifth.
Young, Huchinson, Pickett, and Stroud are the four players who will be presented with the trophy.
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Young said he was prepared for the challenge of leading a program that has set the standard in college football for more than a decade, but nothing speaks louder than performance.
The player is at the school.
Votes.
Young is the quarterback for Alabama.
137
Adan Hutchinson is from Michigan.
67
Kenny Pickett is a quarterback for Pitt.
41 (2)
Will Anderson Jr. is a LB in Alabama.
32
C.J. Stroud is a quarterback at Ohio State.
17
Kenneth Walker III is a running back in Michigan. St.
13
Jordan Davis is from Georgia.
8
Matt Corral is a quarterback in Mississippi.
2
Ford is a running back in Cincinnati.
1
The first-place votes are in parentheses.
Young told the AP that getting to play in different environments makes you more comfortable as a leader. It's always about what you do in the off-season, how you carry yourself, but any time you're able to produce in big moments and demonstrate a lot, that's always a big part." Leadership is about action.
Young set an SEC championship game record with .
The first Alabama player to win AP player of the year was DeVonta Smith. Young is the 18th quarterback to win the award.
Young, a former five-star recruit, said the high expectations helped motivate him to join Alabama.
He said you want to live up to the pressure and the hype.
