Bryce Young
Carolina Panthers·#9Season Stats · 16 games
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STM Take
Young's 2025 finish at STTM #34 tier 8 came alongside Carolina's first division title in a decade, the rare team-success / rank-failure split on the current board. The team-level result is real; the individual rank reflects 49 career TDs against 30 INTs on a 61.4 percent completion rate, which has not improved across three years. The case is whether year four finally separates skill from system.
Young was born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, moved to Pasadena as a child, and won the 2021 Heisman Trophy and a CFP national title at Alabama. Carolina took him first overall in the 2023 NFL Draft, the same draft in which his high-school friend C.J. Stroud went second. After a rough first two years that included a 2024 benching, Young helped lead the Panthers to their first division title since 2015 and first playoff appearance since 2017 in 2025.
Strengths
- Led CAR to a 2025 division title and first playoff appearance since 2017, the team's best season in nearly a decade.
- Heisman + CFP champion at Alabama keeps the long-term ceiling argument alive even when the NFL line lags.
Concerns
- Three straight STTM tier-8 finishes (#47, #30, #34) with no upward trend in efficiency stats.
- 80.9 career passer rating is the worst among all top-35 QBs with three NFL seasons of starts.
What to watch: Whether the 2025 team success translates into individual rank improvement, or whether the Panthers' run-game balance was the actual driver of the playoff push.
Fantasy Outlook
Bryce Young scored 224 PPR points, 14 per game this season. Compare him against any QB and track weekly rankings in our fantasy tools.