Luke McCaffrey clearly possesses a deep appreciation for the sport of football and the quarterback position in general.
“I go back to Fran Tarkenton as one of the quarterbacks who I watch and try to build my game after,” he told me in December 2018, not long before he officially became a Nebraska quarterback.
That would be Fran Tarkenton of the 1970s Minnesota Vikings.
Yeah, the kid is a quarterback. He thinks of himself as a quarterback. Granted, he's a bit raw as a quarterback -- he threw one touchdown pass and six interceptions this season -- but he's still a quarterback.