Five years ago, Anthony Boone injured his left clavicle in Duke’s second game, against Memphis.
Boone was Duke’s starting quarterback and the Blue Devils didn’t have many Plan Bs. Thomas Sirk was out for the season with an Achilles injury and Duke wanted to redshirt true freshman Parker Boehme.
That left Brandon Connette. Connette was a redshirt junior, a running quarterback, who even caught 11 passes in 2012.
Could he pass? Nobody knew. Connette had thrown only 26 passes in two plus seasons—he played two games in 2011 before an injury- many from trick formations.
He could.