As a Badger, he was asked to place the rock into the capable arms of dominant running backs and above all else, make no mistakes. He mastered the art of the low risk passing game with a 21-5 record as a starter in Madison.
However, there was a flip side to all of his collegiate success. Many questioned what he could actually do on the next level. He attempted 30 or more passes in a game just three times in two years and many always wondered what lied beneath the percentages.
On Thursday night in Foxboro, many of those questions were answered.