The parallels are hard to ignore in the Penn State football careers of senior quarterback Tommy Stevens and former starting QB Michael Robinson. The two signal callers played the backup QB role for three years and became key gadget players over their reserve times in Happy Valley. When Robinson did get his starting moment, he took it and ran with it to an 11-1, 2005 season and an Orange Bowl victory. Stevens will try to do the same, should he get the job in 2019.
One major thing that Stevens and Robinson have/had in their corners entering their final season was playing time.