San Jose State: Full circle in El Paso: Daniel Rolovich steps into a story years i…
San Jose StateDaniel Rolovich grew up around the spread-and-shred. Saturday night in El Paso, he finally got to run it.
The true freshman didn’t learn he was San Jose State’s starting quarterback until after pregame warmups. Nine plays later, Rolovich had his first college touchdown pass, an 11-yarder to fellow true freshman Carson Clark and the Spartans […]
"I figured out I was starting after warmups," said Rolovich. "It just happened to be me and I'm grateful for that."
It was a night of firsts for a kid whose story started long before he did. Years later, the two former Rainbow Warriors quarterbacks met as head coaches.
KEY POINTS
- Full circle in El Paso: Daniel Rolovich steps into a story years in the making.
- Ken Niumatalolo played quarterback at Hawaii from 1987 to 1989.
- Nick Rolovich, Daniel's father, played the position there in 2000 and 2001.
- When Niumatalolo took over at San Jose State in 2024, he hired Stutzmann to run the spread-and-shred, a descendant of the attack that once torched his Midshipmen.