To say Adrian Martinez has an edge in Nebraska’s quarterback competition because he arrived on campus in January wouldn’t be fair, or accurate.
The race is, has been and, at least for a couple of more weeks, dead even. Nebraska quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco reiterated that fact after Wednesday’s practice when he briefed a large media corps on his group’s progress.
“They’re all right there, all right even, you know?” Verduzco said.
Yet Martinez, a true freshman, can’t imagine the difficulty of this battle had he not participated in spring practices, when many of his peers were finishing their senior years of high school.