Long before Dak Prescott and Nick Fitzgerald, there was a quarterback in Starkville electrifying crowds with his athletic ability. John Bond has been called the original “Johnny Manziel,” the only starting quarterback to post a 4-0 record against LSU.
Now that Dan Mullen has developed not one but two “athletic” quarterbacks at Mississippi State, comparisons to Bond continue rolling in.
“I’ve gone and spoken to the team and they’ve showed some highlight stuff to them and things like that,” Bond told me recently. “They put my big head up in the quarterback meeting room, so I think Nick tweeted out a picture of him next to it at some point.