Stepping in
as a true freshman quarterback for Nick Saban and the defending national champions is no easy task, but Hurts outlasted other highly - recruited quarterbacks to secure the starting spot on the No. 1 team in the nation.
Not exact matches
As a
true freshman in 2008, Baylor's slashing, scrambling
quarterback led the Bears with 13 rushing touchdowns and passed or ran for 65 % of their yards from scrimmage.
He started at UCLA
as a
true freshman and checks off all the boxes of a franchise
quarterback.
Barkley, 21, was a highly ranked high school prospect after winning the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2007, and immediately took over
as the starting
quarterback at USC
as a
true freshman.
The Mountaineers returned
quarterback Armanti Edwards, who'd passed for 2,000 yards and rushed for 1,000
as a
true freshman, and they had senior skill players on both sides of the ball.
To call it a remarkable comeback does not give it the proper weight,
as the Rebels pulled it off with a stunning second half performance from
true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, who was once recruited
as the top high school player at his position.
Selecting
true freshman quarterback Josh Rosen
as the starter might not have looked like the next move UCL... more