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3. Best Player In College Football:

If you take Reggie Bush out of the picture, Vince Young was the best player in college football in 2005. Every week there would be a big play that Vince Young that would get Texas through to the next game with an undefeated record.

ESPN showed countless highlights of Young making a big throw or run to keep Texas in the BCS Championship Hunt. Minus Bush, Young was hands down the best player in the country.

2. Beat Bush’s Trojans for the National Championship:

 Young put on one of the most dominating individual performances in college football history, accounting for 467 yards of total offense (200 rushing, 267 passing) and three rushing touchdowns (including a 9 yard TD scramble with 19 seconds left) to lead the Longhorns to a thrilling 41–38 victory over Reggie Bush’s USC Trojans.

Young not only beat Reggie Bush, he defeated the 2004 Heisman Trophy Winner, USC quarterback Matt Leinart in this game as well.

This performance led to him winning Rose Bowl MVP honors for the second consecutive season—becoming only the fourth player, in the history of the Rose Bowl, to be twice named MVP.

After the game, former USC and NFL safety Ronnie Lott said “Vince Young is the greatest quarterback to ever play college football.” Trojans coach Pete Carroll said “that was the best performance I’ve seen by one guy.”

Young finished the season with 3,036 yards passing and 1,050 yards rushing.

1. Runner-Up:

Young was the runner-up to Bush in the 2005 Heisman Trophy voting and the only logical thing to do is give it to the person who came in second and that was Young.