ANNAPOLIS, Md. — On a hot, sunny, September morning, hundreds of Midshipmen, dressed in their matching fatigues for a «tactical Thursday,» crisscrossed Navy's campus to get to their next class, identical black backpacks hanging from their shoulders.
Midstride, a Midshipman peered out from under the brim of his required hat to say good morning with a huge grin. «That's our quarterback,» Navy fullback Daba Fofana told a nearby visitor.
Listed at 6-foot-2, 195 pounds, junior Blake Horvath easily blends in with his classmates on the Yard during school hours — his 3.53 GPA as an operations research major included.
When it comes to Navy quarterbacks, though, Horvath stands alone as the best dual-purpose quarterback the program has seen — and probably the only one in the country who wasn't a household name entering this season but has aligned himself statistically with some of the best in the sport.