In high school, Niki Prongos would hear the play call and wonder what it meant.
When he got to UCLA, the offensive lineman went over the playbook and heard teammates talking about inside zone, a popular run play used at every level of football.
“I was like, what the heck is inside zone?” Prongos recalled with a laugh.
More than two years after he entered college not knowing much about football, Prongos has mastered more than concepts. The redshirt sophomore who has participated in only nine games since he started playing the sport has become a maestro of might.