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Adrian Martinez: A Boy Among Men (Sorta)

He shoulda been grind dancing with the Prom Queen at Clovis West High School, but instead he was an early enrollee at Nebraska and was groovin’ with linebacker Mohamed Barry in 40-degree spring scrimmages.

And quarterback Adrian Martinez was not only “dancing” at his inaugural Husker practices, but gettin’ down according to a teammate. Martinez was not looking like a high school senior in Lincoln just trying to adjust to the speed of the game either.

“One time early in spring ball Adrian dropped back for a pass and nothing was open,” former NU teammate Devine Ozigbo said, “so he tucked it and took off through the middle, and with ease he split the defense.