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Next 'Joe Burrow?' The scouts' take on No. 1 pick Bryce Young
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Next 'Joe Burrow?' The scouts' take on No. 1 pick Bryce Young

The Carolina Panthers make the Alabama quarterback their top pick. Bob McGinn empties his notebook. Here's how the NFL views Young.

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Bryce Young, a quarterback from Alabama, was the Carolina Panthers’ selection with the first pick of the NFL draft.

  • Height: 5-10.

  • Weight: 204.

  • 40: None.

  • Wonderlic: 30.

  • Hometown: Pasadena, Calif.

  • Fact/stat: His NFL passer rating was 116.4: 118.3 in 2021 and 114.9 in ’21 … Third-year junior backed up Mac Jones in 2020 and started 17 games the past two seasons.

What NFL scouts told me about him before the draft…

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