Mitch Trubisky has waited a long time for this chance, longer than he ever imagined. He was North Carolina’s quarterback of the future, Larry Fedora’s hand-picked quarterback recruit, his express path to the starting job derailed through no fault of his own.
While Trubisky redshirted as a freshman, Bryn Renner got hurt and Marquise Williams – who had been on his way out at North Carolina after getting academically suspended for a semester – stepped in and played so well he claimed the job for the next two years while Trubisky watched and waited (and impressed in the few opportunities he had).