Midway through the first quarter of the NFL season-opening telecast, NBC play-by-play announcer Al Michaels said Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian selected Northwestern over Harvard and Rutgers.
We went back and checked, and the Broncos second-year quarterback — who turned in a solid performance in Denver's 21-20 triumph over Carolina Panthers on Thursday night — was indeed recruited by Rutgers for the 2010 recruiting class.
According to a report by ScarletNation.com, an affiliate of the Rivals.com network, Rutgers was among nearly a dozen schools to offer a scholarship to Siemian, who was rated as a three-star prospect after throwing for 2,597 yards and 25 touchdowns during his junior campaign at an Orlando.