Brian Lewerke was still preparing to be a starter at the varsity level when he learned playing college football would become a reality.
The summer before his junior year at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, the quarterback received his first scholarship offer from then-Arizona State coach Todd Graham while at the university's practice field.
More than five years later, Lewerke will make his first college start in Tempe, Ariz., about 20 minutes from home. And he will do it wearing green and white for No. 15 Michigan State's game at Arizona State on Saturday night at Sun Devil Stadium.