The 18-year-old quarterback will become the first true freshman in Nebraska football history to start a season opener after he held off redshirt freshman Tristan Gebbia and won the starting job in a spirited competition.
The school announced the decision Sunday morning along with the release of the first official two-deep depth charts of Frost's tenure.
Martinez, the Fresno, California native, became a recruiting target of head coach Scott Frost and quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco within about an hour of Central Florida’s American Athletic Conference Championship. Martinez earned the first scholarship offer of the Frost era at Nebraska, and now he’ll take the first snaps at quarterback, too.