Washington State quarterback Luke Falk wears two rather contradictory tags to the Hyundai Sun Bowl game against Miami.
The sophomore is simultaneously one of the game's brightest stars and perhaps its biggest underdog.
Falk comes in as the reigning Pac-12's first-team all-conference quarterback, and he comes in as a former walk-on, unrecruited by even his hometown school Utah State.
After completing 71 percent of his passes for 4,266 passing yards and 36 touchdowns in his first year as the full-time starter, he was named one of three finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy that goes to the nation's top player who started his career as a walk-on.