Alex Hornibrook’s 26-6 record is the best for any quarterback in program history, yet his performance often contradicted team’s success. Now, ex-Wisconsin quarterback Hornibrook is officially headed to Tallahassee, Florida, to play his final season for Head Coach Willie Taggart at Florida State University.
With Kansas high school sensation Graham Mertz coming to Madison in the fall, a new era of Badger football is underway. But with Hornibrook gone, it’s time to address what narrative will surround Hornibrook as the years go by, and as his time at Wisconsin becomes a distant memory.
One may look back and see a quarterback who failed to illustrate a game-winning drive against Ohio State in the 2017 Big Ten Championship, or who benefited greatly from weak competition in the Big Ten West, or who didn’t need to do much but hand the ball off to Jonathan Taylor and get out of the way.