Alabama quarterback Bryce Young will wear No. 9 at the Capstone, BamaOnLine has learned. It's the same number the nation's No. 1 overall player in the 2020 class, per 247Sports, donned at Mater Dei High School.

Crimson Tide wide receiver Xavier Williams wore the No. 9 previously, but will change to another jersey number, one that is not yet known.

Young enrolled at Alabama in January after one of the more decorated high school careers we've seen.

The five-star signal caller passed for 13,250 yards and 152 touchdowns and rushed the ball for 1,084 yards and 26 additional scores throughout his career. In his final season at the prep level, Young threw for 4,528 yards and 58 touchdowns to just six interceptions, and ran the ball 357 yards and 10 scores, facing arguably the toughest high school schedule in the nation.

Nick Saban spoke highly of the Tide's addition under center after the Early Signing Period:

“I just absolutely love the guy,” Saban said of Young. “I love his character. He’s got a great family. He’s got all the right stuff, and I think that’s really important in the quarterback position. You’ve heard me say this many times before: if you play quarterback, it’s hard to play the position if the people around you don’t play well, so having great leadership qualities can contribute to that. I think Bryce certainly possesses those qualities.”

247Sports is high on Young, too. The California native impressed at every stop along the way, on the field competing, at the Elite 11 Finals, and the All-American Bowl in San Antonio.

"I think he kind of submitted himself as the most accurate quarterback, the most polished quarterback, and probably the most ready-to-play quarterback in this class. I mean, you can't really say enough about about how good he is," 247Sports' national analyst Charles Power said of Young after All-American Bowl week. "The game is just really slow for him. Just standing behind him on the practice field, seeing how quickly he just goes through his progressions."

Mater Dei head coach Bruce Rollinson, who's coached some big-name quarterbacks throughout his lengthy career leading the Monarchs, praised the now Tide QB last year in an interview with 247Sports' Greg Biggins.

“He’s the best quarterback we’ve ever had here,” Rollinson said. “I know that’s going to be a controversial statement because of some of the guys we’ve had here in the past but Bryce is just different.

“It’s not just the physical but his ability to understand the game is so high, we literally gave him the keys to the car and said, ‘go and do what you want, we trust you.’ We have never done that with any of our previous quarterbacks but we did it with Bryce.”

Alabama's spring practice starts next Friday, March 13, where we'll get our first look at Young in action on the field with the Tide.

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