Football Team’s Chase Young raves about Urban Meyer’s desire to win
With Urban Meyer now in the NFL and coaching the Jacksonville Jaguars, he will have the opportunity to take on some of his former players from Ohio State and even Florida. None of them may be better than 2020 second overall pick Chase Young, who was a second-team All-Big Ten player under Meyer.
In an interview with renowned radio host Dan Patrick, Young was asked about his time in college with the three-time national champion. Unsurprisingly, Meyer’s desire to win was the first thing that came to Young’s mind as he stated that the former Buckeyes coach did a great job of tapping into his potential.
“Coach Meyer, he’s a winner,” Young said to Dan Patrick. “He’s a winner, and he hates losing. I look back now and just realize how great of a coach he was and how he pushed me, and I didn’t even know. I feel like, going to the league, he does not want to lose. He wants to win, so I know he’s going to do everything he can to win. Whatever that’s doing, I know he’s going to take care of it. I’m definitely excited to watch him on the next level. I believe we might play them this upcoming season.”
That’s certainly music to the ears of Jags fans because there hasn’t been a lot of winning for the Cardiac Cats. The only winning season they’ve had since 2010 was in 2017 when they went to the AFC Championship but fell to the New England Patriots.
Meanwhile, Meyer accumulated a 187–32 record (12–3 in bowl games) in college, which was good for a .854 win percentage. As for Young’s comments about Meyer’s ability to translate, it’s been said that he keeps in touch with his old players to see what works on the NFL level, so the young pass-rusher may be right.
After years of rumors, Meyer has finally reached the highest level there is in the football realm and the competition level will be significantly greater. Despite that, it appears some of the best he’s coached believes he has what it takes to be successful, and if that’s the case, Jags fans could begin to pile up the wins they deserve sooner rather than later.
