When Nick Mullens made his regular-season NFL debut back in 2018, he did it in high fashion. Coming out like gangbusters for the San Francisco 49ers, the undrafted free agent quarterback from Southern Miss threw three touchdowns and zero picks while completing 72 percent of his passes in a convincing 34-3 victory — against the then-Oakland Raiders.
Coming seemingly out of nowhere and surgically picking apart Paul Guenther’s defense piece by piece, Mullens was a hot ticket. The 6-foot-1, 210-pounder epitomized the underdog and his coming out party against the Silver & Black was much ballyhooed.