PARDISE VALLEY, Ariz. — ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy says for Clemson to beat Alabama on Monday night at the Spaceship in the Arizona desert, Deshaun Watson will have to call out his inner Vince Young.
McElroy, who works mostly on ESPN’s SEC Network, says Watson is capable of having a performance like Young had in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Young completed 30 of 40 passes for 267 yards, while running for 200 more and scoring three touchdowns on 19 carries.
Young averaged 10.5 yards per carry.
“The thing is, he is capable of that,” McElroy said of Watson.