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Verduzco on radio: Smothers' personality comes out; and identifying the offense's identity

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When two quarterbacks share duties, as has been the case this season with Nebraska's Adrian Martinez and Luke McCaffrey, it tends to dominate headlines.

But shouldn't a kid with the nickname "D'Artagnan" get some attention, too?

"He looks like he could be D'Artagnan from the Three Musketeeers," Nebraska quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco said Thursday in discussing true freshman QB Logan Smothers.

"He's doing really well," Verduzco added. "He's doing everything we ask him to do, whether it's doing signals (from the sideline) or going and helping the scout team with X, Y, Z. He's a very bright young guy.