As Brock Purdy enters his first season as the 49ers full-time starter, the sophomore quarterback has a lot of lofty expectations to try and meet. Although he was a seventh-round pick, Purdy played so well down the stretch last year that people already think he can lead San Francisco to a title.
49ers Hall of Famer Steve Young is one such analyst who is behind Purdy, believing that Purdy’s success last year is already tangible. Young saw so much potential in Purdy that he compared him to a famous Hollywood protagonist.
“The players smell it,” Young said on the “Tolbert and Copes” show, via NBC Sports Bay Area. “You can feel when Trent Williams was talking about it, and you have guys who have been around a long time, they smelled something special. So that’s real. And when I said he had the force last year, he’s Luke Skywalker. He’s got the force.”
