Steve Young

NFL Studio Analyst

Hall of Fame former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young is an NFL studio analyst on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown.  The former Super Bowl MVP also contributes a weekly “Young is Restless” feature throughout the season on Sunday NFL Countdown in addition to appearing on ESPN’s annual Super Bowl and NFL Draft coverage.

Young, who retired from the NFL after 15 seasons in 1999, appeared on Countdown on select weeks in 2000 and expanded his role to full time beginning in 2001.

As the starting quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Young retired as the highest-rated QB in NFL history.  He was the Super Bowl XXIX MVP and the league’s MVP in 1992 and 1994, as well as a two-time 4,000 yard passer (1993 and 1998).  Young is also the only quarterback in league history to win four consecutive passing titles and to post six consecutive 300-yard passing games. 

In addition, he is tied for the league record in highest completion percentage for a career (64.3%), most seasons leading the league in touchdown passes (4), and is second all-time with 20 consecutive passes completed.  Young will also be well remembered for his exceptional footwork, which allowed him to make some of the most electrifying runs by a quarterback in NFL history.

 As a collegian, Young, the great-great-great grandson of Brigham Young, was a consensus All-American and a Heisman Trophy runner-up at Brigham Young University in 1982.  He received a degree in political science with a minor in finance in 1985, and returned to BYU and was graduated from the school of law in 1994.  In 2003, Young was inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame.

In 1983, he was a first-round draft pick of the United States Football League’s Los Angeles Express.  After two seasons with L.A., he was released from his contract and signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  The 49ers signed him as a back-up quarterback to Joe Montana in 1987 and he served as Montana’s successor as a starter from 1991 until his retirement in 1999, winning three Super Bowl titles, one as a starter, and two as a back-up, including a record six-touchdown performance in a 49-26 victory over the Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX.

He is currently a Managing Director of Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a private equity buyout fund with over $1 billion in committed capital and focused primarily on middle market leveraged buyouts and growth equity investments

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