It has been an unbelievable journey for Maddux Madsen, who was named the beginning quarterback at Boise State this week.
The importance behind this isn’t solely was Madsen a two-star recruit popping out of highschool however he wasn’t even ranked as a quarterback recruit nationally by Rivals. And now two years later, he beat out a former USC quarterback in getting the beginning job at Boise State.
And never simply any quarterback, however one with fairly the pedigree and hype in Malachi Nelson.
It was Nelson who was the presumptive favourite to win the beginning quarterback job when he joined Boise State out of the switch portal this previous spring. In any case, Nelson (who threw simply three passes throughout his single season at USC) is a former five-star recruit.
On prime of that, Nelson was additionally the top-ranked recruit within the nation within the class of 2023 in keeping with ESPN. He performed his highschool soccer for Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos, California).
USC switch Malachi Nelson has misplaced the Boise State QB Battle to (RS) Sophomore Maddux Madsen.
Madsen was the 110th-ranked QB in 2022, Nelson was a 5🌟 top-5 QB in 2023.
Wow. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/MkbPyYIqet
— School Soccer Report (@CFBRep) August 18, 2024
What an amazing assertion from Madsen in profitable the beginning job at Boise State. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see if Nelson sticks round or makes a transfer to try to win the beginning job elsewhere.
Final season, Madsen accomplished 61.four % of his passes for 1,191 yards with 9 touchdowns and three interceptions at Boise State.
