Mitch Trubisky sat on the bench, waiting patiently to hear his name.
He knew he wouldn’t. As a redshirt, the North Carolina quarterback was fortunate to even make the short trip to Raleigh in 2013. But with only a few players at his position, Trubisky became a last-resort backup.
This was unfamiliar territory for the first-year quarterback. He came to campus as the top dual-threat commit in the country, and he had never ridden the bench in his life — not when healthy. But eight games into his first collegiate season, he hadn’t played a snap.
This wasn’t the plan.