R.W. McQuarters didn't arrive in Stillwater in 1995 with the goal of being an iron man. He just wanted to have fun.
Turns out, playing offense and defense was fun.
Saturday in Ames, Iowa, the Oklahoma State Cowboys play against college football's best story of 2017, Iowa State's Joel Lanning. The quarterback-turned-middle linebacker is bucking the trend and has brought back the concept of a two-way player. Lanning is serving as Iowa State's short-yardage quarterback in this breakout season for the 21st-ranked Cyclones.
Until Lanning, two-way players had gone the way of the wind.
But the same was true in 1995, when the talent-shy Cowboys used their freshman defensive back on offense, too.