Vince Young Biography

Fast Facts

• While riding his bike at the age of 7, was hit by a car and nearly killed
• Played on Rose Bowl-champion teams for Texas following the 2004 and 2005 seasons
• Finished runner-up to Reggie Bush in the 2005 Heisman Trophy voting
• Set an NFL rookie record for rushing yards by a quarterback, with 552
• Missed a Tennessee Titans team flight to Philadelphia in 2006, then led his team to the first of six consecutive victories the next day
• Appeared on the cover of the popular Madden NFL 08 video game, shrugging off its trend to "jinx" the featured player with injury or poor performance the following season
• Wears uniform No
• 10 as a tribute to his mother Felicia, whose birthday is June 10
• Sports a tattoo of a rose bush on his shoulder, with five roses representing his maternal grandmother, mother, two sisters and first niece