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Four-year Husker starting QB Adrian Martinez to transfer, spend final season elsewhere | Football



He holds numerous school records, including career records for 400-yard offensive outings (five), 300-yard outings (19) and career completions (670).

In 2021, he set the NU season record for total offensive yards per game (308), a number that checked in No. 2 in the Big Ten (behind only Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud) and No. 15 nationally.

Martinez in many ways had his best statistical season this fall, averaging 9.4 yards per attempt and accounting for 27 touchdowns (14 passing, 13 rushing) against 13 turnovers.

Had he returned to Nebraska for the 2022 season, he would have done so with a familiar coach in Frost but a new offensive coordinator and new quarterbacks coach plus, more than likely, more competition in the quarterback room than he had this past year.

The Huskers now are essentially guaranteed to be looking for a transfer quarterback, which they may well have done even had Martinez stayed, especially given the unknowns about when he will be back to full health.

“That’s my brother,” sophomore running back/receiver Brody Belt said last week. “Whatever he decides, I’m with him.”

Now he’s decided to move on, and the next phase of Husker football is simultaneously one step clearer and one step less certain.

The Huskers have second-year freshman Logan Smothers and freshman Heinrich Haarberg currently on the roster and 2022 quarterback verbal commit Richard Torres as scholarship options going forward, plus veteran walk-on Matt Masker.



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