If senior quarterback Brett Rypien’s legacy at Boise State is more about what has happened privately inside the football team’s facilities than what’s happened under the stadium lights, he’s good with that.
He’ll be remembered as a rare three-time captain, as someone who stepped into what could have been an overwhelming role as a true freshman and found immediate success, as an example of how to handle a turbulent, one-year stretch that might have unraveled someone else.
That matters most to him.
“I don’t try to focus on what … the outside world would think,” he said, “but more so what the people inside this program will remember me as and how I can leave my mark for the young guys to continue the excellence that we’ve had here.