What does Ryan Burns taking over as the starter mean for Stanford and for the backups behind him?
It was the summer of 2013, and Stanford had just won its first Rose Bowl since 1972.
Stanford had its quarterback of the present in Kevin Hogan, and our quarterback of the future, Ryan Burns, the crown jewel of the 2013 recruiting class waiting in the wings. In July of that year a phenom named Keller Chryst announced he would be joining the Cardinal from across El Camino. At the time he was the #1 ranked pocket passer in his class, a protege of the sport whose father was the 49ers QB coach, and was seemingly destined to return Stanford to the elite QB play we enjoyed with Luck.