Steve Young was the All-American and Heisman Trophy runner-up in 1983. During the '83 season, when he was a senior at Brigham Young University (BYU), he completed 71.3 percent of his passes for the highest single-season percentage in NCAA history at the time. In the '83 season he won 11 of 12 games, including a Holiday Bowl victory over Missouri, as he passed for better than 300 yards in all but two of the games.

Steve is the great-great-great grandson of Brigham Young. He graduated from BYU with a law degree.

After spending two years in the United States Football League (entered through the supplemental draft in 1984), Steve was selected in the first round of the NFL's special draft to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers(1985-1986). He would spend one year in Tampa before being traded to the San Francisco 49ers(1987-1999).

In San Francisco Steve was back-up to Hall of Famer Joe Montana. It would be four years before Steve would get any real playing time. Steve finally stepped into those big shoes in 1991, when Montana suffered an injury.

Despite Steve's own injuries that year (he missed five games), he went on to pass for 2,517 yards and 17 touchdowns, which posted a league high of a 101.8 passer rating. Steve went on to add two more passing titles in 1996 and 1997 that tied him with the legendary Sammy Baugh. Both were the only quarterbacks in history to win six NFL passing crowns.

During his entire career, Steve, who is left-handed, threw for more than 3,000 yards six times and had over 20 touchdown passes in five different seasons. He also ran for 4,239 yards and scored 43 rushing yards on touchdowns.

Steve was named All-Pro in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1998. He was also a two-time MVP winner and was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times.

Steve organized and currently manages the Forever Young Foundation, which benefits Bay Area and Utah youth-oriented charities.