When Marshall University redshirt freshman Isaiah Green took the field Saturday at Yager Stadium, it marked the first time since 2011 that head coach Doc Holliday started a freshman quarterback in the Herd’s season opener.
The last freshman to do so was Rakeem Cato in 2011. Marshall’s former record-setting quarterback led the Herd to a 2014 Conference USA Championship and bowl wins in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Holliday noted the similarities in his current and former quarterbacks.
“(Green) has a little bit of Cato in him,” Holliday said. “He walks into different arenas and it doesn’t faze him a whole lot.