Not even Cam Newton, in his dually-decorated decade for the Carolina Panthers, accomplished what Bryce Young did with his arm and his feet on Sunday.
The Panthers got a career day out of Young in Week 18’s 44-38 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons, as the second-year passer scored five total touchdowns. Three of those scores came through the air and two came on the ground, making him the first quarterback in franchise history to record three touchdown passes and two touchdown runs in a single game.
Young, in the work leading up to those end-zone visits, completed 25 of his 35 throws for 251 yards—his second-highest mark of the season. He also added 24 rushing yards on five attempts.
Head coach Dave Canales spoke about his quarterback’s memorable day following the triumph.
“And how about Bryce?” Canales said to reporters at the beginning of his post-game press conference. “Being able to call whatever I wanted to call on the call sheet knowing that he was going to find a positive outcome. He was gonna find a throwaway, a big play, a scramble for a touchdown. Just the different things and how freeing that is just to be able to call whatever fits that area and not have to second-guess the calls—he gave us the ability to do that today.”
The former No. 1 overall pick finishes his second campaign with 15 passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns.
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