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Vincent Paul Young Jr. Young played college football for the Texas Longhorns , and is often mentioned among the greatest quarterbacks in NCAA history. He finished second behind Reggie Bush in Heisman Trophy voting. He spent the first five seasons of his career with the Titans where he compiled a 30—17 starting record. He later played one year as a backup with the Philadelphia Eagles in and had offseason stints with the Buffalo Bills , the Green Bay Packers , and Cleveland Browns from to In , he attempted a comeback in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders , but was released before the season began.

Young grew up in the 4th Ward and Hiram Clarke neighborhoods of Houston , Texas , where he was primarily raised by his mother and his grandmother. His father, Vincent Young Sr. At the age of seven, Young was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle at the corner of Tidewater and Buxley, streets in his Houston neighborhood. The accident nearly killed him, leaving him hospitalized for months after the bicycle's handle bar went into his stomach.

Today, he credits this event for making him into a "tougher" individual.

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Young wore the 10 to show love and respect for his mother, Felicia Young, whose birthday is June Young's mother confronted him after he had been involved in a fight between gangs, and told him that he needed to change his behavior. You can't turn on a television in Houston without seeing Vince Young. You might see him more than the Texans.