6. Steve Young
Career highlights
NCAA
Davey O’Brien Award (1983)
Consensus first-team All-American (1983)
College Football Hall of Fame inductee (2001)
NCAA Silver Anniversary Award (2009)
NFL
7× Pro Bowl selection (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
3× AP First-Team All-Pro (1992, 1993, 1994)
3× AP Second-Team All-Pro (1995, 1997, 1998)
3× Super Bowl Champion (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX)
Super Bowl XXIX MVP
1992 NFL MVP (AP, PFWA, SN, MX)
1994 NFL MVP (AP, PFWA, NEA, SN, MX)
AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1992)
2× UPI NFC Player of the Year (1992, 1994)
2× Kansas City Committee of 101 NFC
Offensive Player of the Year (1992, 1994)
San Francisco 49ers #8 retired
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2005)
Records
96.8 career QB Rating
43 career QB Rushing Touchdowns
6 TD passes in a Super Bowl
Steve Young made the Pro Bowl in all seven years he was a starter in the NFL on his way to winning two MVP trophies and leading the league in completions five times.
But it might be his efforts in the 1994 Super Bowl for which he will be best remembered as he turned in one of the best single performances ever seen in NFL history, throwing 24-36 for 325 yards, six touchdowns and 49 yards rushing.
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