Matt Rhule sees big Dylan Raiola growth from first Nebraska football game to now

The Nebraska football team has had a bit of an up-and-down season, especially for Dylan Raiola.

The true freshman quarterback started off like gangbusters. Over the last month, his stats have struggled to look anywhere near as good as as they did to kick things off.

However, when talking to Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule earlier this week, the head coach made it very clear that despite a bit of a slide in the statistics, he sees his freshman QB growing and maturing and improving from the UTEP game, to now.

Matt Rhule sees Dylan Raiola growing over the course of the Nebraska football season

“Better and better and better,” Rhule said to the assembled media. “So much of that game was getting the right play here, getting the right play there.” 

“Think about it,” he continued. “You’re a freshman quarterback going out in front of 100,000 people all of whom already have a feeling about you since you were once committed there. Another one of your freshmen drops the kickoff return and you start on the one-yard line. You bobble the opening kickoff.”

“The thing I loved about Dylan (Raiola) was that he just settled down. He gave us chances. If you go back over the last four games and calculate in all of the defensive pass interference yardage because we throw so many go-balls, that would add in to what he’s done passing yard wise. I think he sees the things he’s improving upon, there’s no better teacher than experience. I think he’s getting a ton of experience.”

“They threw a lot of things at him this week. Rutgers threw a lot of things at him, but they threw a lot more things at him this week than what he’s seen in the past and I thought he adjusted and handled really well.”

It’s sometimes hard to see the growth from a fan's standpoint. However the Nebraska football head coach thinks that it will become obvious sooner or later.