Alabama 5-star QB signee talks height, his favorite QB and more – AL.com

Alabama quarterback signee Bryce Younger arrives in Tuscaloosa this week as portray-breaking quarterback Tua Tagovailoa leaves for the NFL.

Younger, the 5-star prospect from Mater Dei (Calif.) who threw 58 touchdown passes and ran for 10 more all the method thru his final excessive college season, and the 5-foot-11, 175-pounder is anticipated to without extend push for taking part in time in a quarterback flee featuring Mac Jones, Tua’s abet-up final season, and Taulia Tagovailoa, Tua’s younger brother.

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The lone knock of Younger appears to be his relative lack of size at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds. He now not too lengthy prior to now sat down with SI All-American recruiting analyst John Garcia and talked about his size, his popular quarterback and other matters sooner than joining Alabama as a mid-year enrollee.

“For me, you study to deal to the challenges of being a couple of inches shorter than the prototype,” Younger said, “to this point as having the flexibility to spy thru the line, ensuring it is probably you’ll maybe presumably draw angles with the ball, having the flexibility to let that mosey and be distinct you’re going to secure thru your progressions. It’s numerous psychological. It’s now not admire I’m going to transfer to the next stage and lawful secure short.

“I’ve form of been coping with it – I wouldn’t express challenges – however the form of replace it is probably you’ll maybe presumably want to battle thru to be a couple of inches shorter than the prototype,” he added. “It’s about in point of fact what I’m capable of draw open air with my legs, with my toes, with throwing the ball and with my recommendations that I in point of fact feel admire form of notify any high or one thing.”

Younger referenced the success of 6-foot-1 Baker Mayfield and 5-foot-10 Kyler Murray, both whom won the Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma sooner than turning into No. 1 NFL draft picks, and said they “helped my case.” Tua, clearly, stands 6-foot-1 and threw for 7,442 yards with 87 touchdowns and 11 interceptions at Alabama.

As a senior at Mater Dei (Calif.), Younger accomplished 294-of-409 passes for 4,528 yards – a 348.3-yard per-game life like – and 58 touchdowns. He added one other 357 speeding yards and 10 more touchdowns. He’s in most cases idea in regards to the nation’s No. 1 quarterback in the Class of 2020.

Younger used to be named the 2019 Excessive College Quarterback of the 365 days by the Nationwide Quarterback Club, and he used to be also named the All-American Bowl Participant of the 365 days sooner than winning the MVP award at Saturday’s excessive college all-star game in San Antonio, Texas.

When requested who he patterns his game after, Younger made a powerful decide.

“For me, any individual I sample my game after, my popular quarterback in the league is Aaron Rodgers,” Younger said. “The technique that he can manipulate himself to this point as throwing angle, ensuring how he strikes in the pocket, having the flexibility to prolong plays, however ensuring he all that with his eyes downfield as a passer is one thing I positively are attempting to be.”