Tama Amisone will become the first true freshman to start at quarterback for San Jose State in more than a quarter century when he lines up under center Saturday night against arch rival Fresno State. Amisone steps in for Walker Eget, the senior whose college career is over after he suffered a leg injury in last week's 25-3 loss at San Diego State.
SJSU opened the season 4-2, but Eget still appeared in four of those games, including coming off the bench to rally the Spartans past Nevada. Eget made his first career start two weeks later in a win over Wyoming and never relinquished the job. He was 3-4 as a starter, but led the Spartans to their bowl eligibility-clinching win over Oregon State and rallied SJSU past Stanford in the regular season finale.