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Bryce Young‘s college career with the Alabama Crimson Tide was one of the best in the program’s incredibly storied history.
Young won a national championship with the Tide. He won a Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award, and he became the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
But apparently, that’s not enough to keep the Alabama social media accounts from making Young look bad at the expense of a former teammate.
INT ✔️@PatSurtainll
📺: #CARvsDEN on CBS/Paramount+ pic.twitter.com/a8M1Xo89eC
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) October 27, 2024
In Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos, Young threw an interception late in the third quarter while trailing 28-7. The recipient of that interception was former Crimson Tide cornerback Patrick Surtain II, who was a star on the 2020 national champion team that Young started at quarterback for.
Alabama’s official twitter account shared the clip, hyping up Surtain’s play. But it failed to acknowledge that Young was the one throwing the interception, and fans quickly took notice.
“Ain’t NO WAY Bama posting this & ignoring a major detail,” one fan wrote.
“Who threw the pass? WHO THREW THE PASS??” said another.
Conveniently, Alabama’s account never seemed to acknowledge any of the responses. But they did keep the tweet up.
On the one hand, it’s a difficult situation. You want to hype up Surtain. But on the other, they probably shouldn’t highlight the fact that Young has been an abject disaster in the NFL.
Young lost his starting job to journeyman Andy Dalton earlier this season. But with Dalton now out injured, he seems to have regained his spot as QB1.
How long he holds that role, however, remains to be seen. Young threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns in the 28-14 loss to Denver. But he also threw a pair of interceptions and had a QBR of just 38.2.
Young’s NFL career has thus far been nothing short of an abject disaster. Carolina hasn’t done him any favors. But Young looks nothing like an NFL starting quarterback, and it appears that his alma mater has already turned on him.