FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU quarterback Josh Hoover doesn't do much to wow you. It's probably why he was a relative afterthought as a recruit.

His 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame is good. His arm is good. His high school numbers were good, but not elite. Indiana was the only other power conference school to give him serious attention, until TCU coach Sonny Dykes made Hoover his top priority right after he left SMU to take the job in Fort Worth.

"He was not particularly flashy," Dykes told CBS Sports. "He was just a real solid football player who made great decisions, and just went out and executed at a high level."

But despite entering a quarterback room stacked with blue-chips, Hoover has made himself one of the nation's best quarterbacks. Since wresting away the starting job as a redsh

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