Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola has folks in Lincoln, Nebraska feeling like the tide could be changing for the Cornhuskers under Matt Rhule.
Without a bowl game appearance in the last eight seasons, fans of Big Red are looking for any signs of a bright future, and their new quarterback looks like a future star.
It also helps that he looks almost exactly like Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes. When Raiola showed up for fall camp this week, he leaned heavily into his shared likeness with the best football player in the world, and who could blame him?
The post has nearly 11M views at this point, as Twitter essentially caught fire when it realized that this wasn’t a picture of Mahomes.
Then, the comparisons went even further, as someone pointed out how much Raiola looks like him, all the way down to his mannerisms and throwing motion.
Well, with all the hype and noise going on, the back-to-back Super Bowl champion signal caller caught wind of what was going on and responded on Twitter.
It’s clear that the talented five-star freshman is mirroring his game after one of the all-time great players at his position, and for what it’s worth, he couldn’t have picked a better player to pattern himself after.
Mahomes is the youngest quarterback to ever win three Super Bowls and has the Chiefs in the AFC driver’s seat for the foreseeable future as long as he’s around.
The Cornhuskers open up their 2024 season against UTEP on August 31, before hosting Colorado for a huge matchup in Week 2.
