For the first time in nearly 100 years, BYU will have a black quarterback starting on Saturday, when the Cougars play USF in Tampa.
Jaren Hall, a redshirt freshman, is starting, replacing regular starter Zach Wilson, who is out with a thumb injury.
"I am very proud of my ancestors, very proud of my ethnicity and all the things that come with that," Hall said this week. "So it is an honor and a privilege to be here and to be playing this sport at this wonderful university."
BYU is a private university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.