The nerves hit Griffin Wilde before his first Northwestern game at Tulane.

Sure, Wilde has had success on the football field everywhere he has been. He was a state champion at his South Dakota high school and a Football Championship Subdivision national champion at South Dakota State. He was coming off a 1,000-yard receiving season with the Jackrabbits, for which he was named a second-team FCS All-American.

But he was getting ready to start against programs he had watched on TV as a kid. He wouldn’t be playing just against Tulane but also against Oregon and at Nebraska and at Penn State, where he always dreamed of attending a White Out game.

Imposter syndrome can even permeate football pads.

“Do I really belong?” Wilde said, recalling his pregame thoughts. “Like, am I good enough to do

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