Before last season, there had only been one quarterback in the history of College Football to lead his team to a National Championship as a freshman.
Who was that quarterback? It’s Oklahoma’s Jamelle Holieway, who replaced an injured Troy Aikman in the 1985-86 season, according to the LA Times.
Tua Tagovailoa technically did it as he took over for Jalen Hurts in the second half of last year’s National Championship game to defeat Georgia.
In the same game, Georgia’s Jake Fromm had the chance to do it, but couldn’t get over the hump.