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Saturday night was the first time in the history of the trophy that a quarterback won it.
The 20-year-old won with
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Hutchinson finished second with 955 points, followed by Pickett and Stroud.
The Tide are the fourth program to have back-to-back winners. Smith won the trophy last year.
Oklahoma, Army, and Yale have all done it before.
Reggie Bush's trophy from the 2005 season was forfeited because of a violation of NCAA rules for receiving gifts and cash payouts, but USC had back-to-back Heisman winners in 2004 and 2005.
Alabama is one of five programs that have at least four trophy winners. Smith, Henry, and Mark Ingram II have all won in the last 12 years.
Young had to replace Mac Jones at quarterback for Alabama. Jones, who finished third in last year's Heisman voting, led the nation with 4,500 passing yards and a 77.4 completion percentage to help the Tide finish 13-0 and win the national title.
After playing behind Jones in 2020, Young took the reins of the offense and had no problem carving out his own path. He has 4,322 passing yards and is second in the nation with 43 touchdown passes.
There were a couple of close calls this season when it looked like the Philadelphia native had played himself out of the running for the award. Alabama lost to Texas A&M on Oct. 9, which was the first loss of the season.
Young threw for 362 yards with three touchdown and one interception, but he only completed 28 of his 48 attempts in a 41-38 defeat.
He had his worst performance of the year against auburn in the regular-season finale, with a spot in the SEC Championship Game on the line. He completed less than 50 percent of his attempts for 317 yards, but his 28-yard touchdown pass to Ja'Corey Brooks with 24 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter tied the score at 10 and forced overtime.
Young threw a two-point conversion to John Metchie III in the fourth overtime to give Alabama a 24-22 victory.
In the SEC title game, he threw for
The top-ranked team in the nation had not allowed more than 17 points in any of their first 12 games before losing to Alabama.
The final College Football Playoff rankings have the Tide at the top. They won their second consecutive SEC title game, and Young became the front-runner for the Heisman.
Young was named the nation's best player by the voters on Saturday.
