It turns out Dylan Raiola has even more company in Husker football history as a true-freshman starter at quarterback. Last week, we told the story of Ted Kenfield, the starter in the 1943 opener and four other games that season.
Gulp! We failed to notice something: In two of the three games Kenfield didn’t start, a pair of other true freshmen got the nod:. The only non-freshman starter in 1943, in fact, was roughly a decade older than the three others: Clark Beaver, a 27-year-old with a leg injury that made him a 4F military reject.
The following season, 1944, saw at least two Husker true freshmen start at least one game apiece at QB:That makes at least nine Nebraska quarterbacks who have started as true freshmen, more than double what we have beenRegardless of the growing numbers, one thing does seem safe to say: When Raiola takes the field Saturday against UTEP, he will be just the second true freshmanto start for the Huskers at quarterback in a season opener.
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