After a 1-2 start with several key players banged up, the door opened up for some younger Hilltoppers to make a name for themselves during Saturday’s 33-21 win over Ball State. In the win, freshmen and redshirt freshmen accounted for 204 of WKU’s 371 yards of total offense.
“Whenever you get young guys to come in and produce and produce often is huge,” redshirt senior quarterback Mike White said. “Anytime the defense has to worry about one more guy it just puts even more pressure on them.”
With redshirt junior running back D’Andre Ferby out and sophomore running back Quinton Baker limited to just one carry, true freshman running back Jakairi Moses stepped forward in a major way.