Things had gone so smoothly before college for Michael Nebrich. He shattered state football records at Lake Braddock and was named 2010 All-Met Offensive Player of the Year. He earned a scholarship to play quarterback at the University of Connecticut and sported a Mohawk haircut, carefree in the pursuits that guide many teenage boys: girls, video games and sports. With the Huskies, everything changed. As a freshman, he lost a three-way battle for the starting job and passed for fewer than 100 yards. Then coach Randy Edsall left for Maryland. Edsall’s successor, Paul Pasqualoni, kept Nebrich relegated to a backup role. So Nebrich, not six practices into preseason camp in 2012, asked for...
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