Oregon senior offensive tackle Tyrell Crosby has some pretty good insight into what makes a great college quarterback. He saw it his freshman season with Marcus Mariota, and he is starting to see it in the Ducks’ current starter, Justin Herbert.
“When (Herbert) was a true freshman, last year during fall camp, I came up to him one day and said, ‘Playing beside Marcus, you have a lot of the same traits and ability as him — I can see you winning a Heisman one day,’ ” Crosby said.
Now, if that isn’t about the highest praise possible in Eugene, it would be tough to think of anything bigger.