There are a lot of benefits to having Russell Wilson under center, but there is also a significant cost, payable during the spring.

Because Wilson is also a standout baseball player and a potential high pick in the major league draft, he spends his springs representing the Wolfpack on the baseball diamond instead of working with the football team at spring practice. That challenge brings opportunity as well, however, which is good news for backup Mike Glennon.

Glennon is no slouch, and was by far the more highly-touted recruit among the quarterbacks on the State roster. But in his true freshman season, the redshirt frosh and former two-star recruit Wilson outplayed the field, got the starting job and, except when sidelined by injuries, has never relinquished it over the ...More