As the coronavirus quickly changed the world, the Nebraska football staff sent most of its players home in mid-March right after spring practice was halted.
The first out-of-state player to return to Lincoln ranks as one of the most important -- if not the most important -- on the Husker roster.
"Adrian (Martinez) was the first guy back," said Gerrod Lambrecht, Nebraska head coach Scott Frost's chief of staff, referring to the junior quarterback from Fresno, California.
Martinez returned to Lincoln March 27. The next Husker to return, the next day, was senior cornerback Dicaprio Bootle.