For most of his time at Texas, Tom Herman has let Sam Ehlinger run his football team’s offense.
On Herman’s timeline of quarterbacks, Ehlinger is preceded by players like Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones and Houston’s Greg Ward Jr. Then there’s Barrick Nealy, who was the quarterback of the first offense that Herman coordinated.
Nealy was Texas State’s star quarterback in 2005. Fifteen years later, he coaches the running backs on a UTEP team that will play Texas on Saturday.
“Barrick made my career, I’m not ever going to deny that,” Herman said on Monday when he was asked about the upcoming reunion at Royal-Memorial Stadium.