Former NFL QB Vince Young will take part in NFL Veteran Combine
Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young will take part in the NFL Veteran Combine on March 22.
New this year, the NFL is implementing a Veteran Combine that will be held on March 22. With the free agent market officially opening on March 10, the big name free agents will all most likely be picked up during the time up until the Veteran Combine. The Veteran Combine on March 22 gives teams a look at lesser-known free agents that teams want to take a look at to fill out some roster spots.
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It also gives a chance to some players to show NFL teams that they can still play in the NFL and possibly get another chance to play in the league. That is what former Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young hopes to accomplish.
Ian Rapoport reported that Vince Young has registered to attend the Veteran Combine on March 22.
One interesting player taking part in the veteran combine on March 22 in AZ? Vince Young. He’s registered. One more shot.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 27, 2015
Vince Young was a former first-round and 3rd overall pick of the Tennessee Titans in 2006. Young had a tremendous collegiate career at the University of Texas and was expected to be a dominant player in the NFL. However, that never came to be.
During his first few years in the NFL, he showed flashes of what made Tennessee draft him 3rd overall, but Young struggled with consistency. He also struggled to stay healthy, as he only played in 26 games between 2008 and 2010. After 2010, the Titans decided to move on from Vince Young, and he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2011. He played in just seven games with the Eagles, starting only three. Young hasn’t played in a regular season game since then.
He most recently tried to crack a roster spot with the Green Bay Packers, but he was cut before the season started. In his six-year NFL career, Young is 31-19 as a starter while throwing for 8,964 yards with 46 touchdowns, 51 interceptions and a 57.9% completion rate. He also added 1,459 yards rushing with 12 rushing touchdowns.
His numbers actually aren’t too bad, it was mainly his struggles to stay healthy and some personal issues he had that derailed his NFL career. If Young has any hopes of having another chance to play in the NFL, he will need to seriously impress some scouts at the Veteran Combine.
H/T Ian Rapaport
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