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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule says he has been comparing freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola to Patrick Mahomes long before Raiola went viral for his resemblance to the Kansas City Chiefs star.
"When I got here, I went and watched [Raiola] throw in high school, and I texted our recruiting guy," Rhule said on Tuesday's episode of The Rich Eisen Show (1:00 mark of the video below.) "And he said, 'How's he look?' And I said, 'He's Mahomes.'
"And not just the facial, and the mannerisms. His arm, his ability to make throws off platform, just everything.