On Sunday, rookie Caleb Williams leads the Chicago Bears in opposition to second-year starter Anthony Richardson and the Indianapolis Colts. Both quarterbacks are 22 years outdated.
Combined, Williams and Richardson are 5 years youthful than Saturday’s anticipated starters within the Utah vs. Oklahoma State matchup in Stillwater.
Cam Rising is 25. Alan Bowman is 24. Rising, a four-star quarterback from Newbury Park, Calif., and Bowman, a three-star out of Grapevine, Texas had been within the 2018 recruiting class.
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That’s the identical class as Trevor Lawrence of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Justin Fields of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (who completed Nos. 1, 2 and 3 respectively in the 2018 rankings) as all three are of their fourth NFL season. Fields has already been traded and is beginning for his second workforce.
Rising and Bowman are so outdated they may want a nap at halftime. Where’s the Ovaltine?
Other comparisons are wild.
CJ Stroud (22 years outdated) of the Houston Texans is in his second season and leads his workforce in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings this weekend. Minnesota is now led by Sam Darnold, who's 27 years outdated and is on his fourth NFL workforce.
They’re equal in age to Rising and Bowman.
Jordan Love (25) who patiently waited three years behind Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay earlier than getting his shot and Will Levis (25) who transferred from Penn State to Kentucky, spent 5 years in school and now could be in his second 12 months with the Tennessee Titans, are a combined one 12 months older.
The age comparisons to NFL beginning QB matchups this weekend can go on and on.
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Both Rising (who's a game-time resolution as a result of of a hand harm) and Bowman have had circuitous routes to their respective locales this weekend.
Out of the blue, Rising flipped his dedication from Oklahoma to Texas solely to spend a brief time there earlier than transferring to Utah.
He redshirted in Austin in 2018. Then redshirted in 2019 earlier than enjoying for years because the Utes’ starter however missed all of final season with an harm. He’s again for one remaining go-round as Utah’s beginning quarterback after being ranked No. 149 total within the 2018 Rivals250.
Bowman initially signed with Texas Tech as Penn State was displaying curiosity since he was a Nittany Lions legacy. He performed three seasons in Lubbock, two at Michigan and is now in his second 12 months at Oklahoma State after throwing for 3,460 yards final 12 months.
To put one remaining level on how lengthy – how painstakingly lengthy – each Rising and Bowman have been in school?
When the two quarterbacks began enjoying school soccer at age 18, many if not all of the freshmen at each Utah and Oklahoma State, members of the 2024 class, had been simply ending up elementary faculty.
One remaining experience Saturday for Rising and Bowman. Afterward, a good heat blanket, a snug chair and Matlock reruns.
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