Oregon football coach Dan Lanning talks after spring game
Oregon football coach Dan Lanning speaks after the Ducks’ annual spring game at Autzen Stadium in Eugene.
Nothing has been given to Austin Novosad.
Despite possessing arm talent like his coaches had never seen, even as a middle-schooler, Novosad didn’t start as a freshman at Dripping Springs High School near Austin, Texas.
Novosad didn’t start the first game of his sophomore season, either.
After subbing in during the second game of his sophomore season, Novosad looked in complete command of the offense, sprinted for a 40-yard touchdown run and gave his coaches every indication they made a mistake by not playing him in Week 1.
“That first opportunity in varsity, I think you’re like, he can be special,” Dripping Springs head coach Galen Zimmerman said. “I feel like he had some good guys around him that were great athletes, and it was just kind of like everything clicked when he got in the game at quarterback.
“From there, he never came out of the game again for the next three years.”
Novosad has thrived in a reserve role at Oregon under the tutelage of NFL quarterbacks Bo Nix and Dillon Gabriel, and despite high-profile transfers in and out of the program, is in a full-blown competition with Dante Moore to be Oregon’s starter in 2025.
Here’s what coaches who have known Novosad the longest say about the third-year Duck QB.
‘He’s by far the top arm I’ve ever coached’: Oregon football’s Austin Novosad starred at Texas high school
Even as a middle-schooler, the way the ball flew out of Novosad’s hand impressed his future high school coaches.
When he first joined Dripping Springs’ program as a freshman, the tall and lanky Novosad popped in practice.
Novosad was rewarded for his patience as a sophomore, named his district’s offensive newcomer of the year after leading the…
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