Dennis Leblanc has crunched the numbers like any good veteran academic director would, and he’s determined that if Adrian Martinez sticks on his current path, the Nebraska quarterback could become a nominee for Academic All-America honors this fall as a sophomore.
If that holds true, and Martinez is honored, he would be the first Nebraska quarterback in more than 20 years to become an Academic All-American.
The last one?
That would be Scott Frost, now the Nebraska head coach.
Frost earned second-team honors in 1997, so Leblanc, the Nebraska Senior Associate Athletic Director of Academics, likes to kid Martinez that he could top his coach by making first team.