Last night, we witnessed the Golden Gopher debut of true freshman quarterback Zack Annexstad. Consensus seems to be that it was a solid first start, with room for improvement. But I was curious how it stacked up against his predecessors from the last decade of quarterbacks at Minnesota. Mostly because I’m a tortured Gopher fan who dwells on the past.
Predictably, the final stat lines were nightmarish.
Zack Annexstad
First Start: 2018 vs New Mexico State (W 48-10)
Year: Freshman
Final Line: 16-of-33 (48.