Adam Trautman was always the quarterback. From pee-wee to middle school and all through high school, the notion of playing a different position never entered his mind.



And the reason is fairly simple: he wasn’t allowed.



“I couldn’t. I was the only quarterback – we were that small of a team,” Trautman answered. “If I had gotten hurt, they would have had to cancel the JV season and bring up my little brother.”



At age 11, Trautman and his family moved to the small town of Williamsburg in Northern Michigan where he and his brothers were the only quarterbacks in the school system. When Adam was a freshman, his older brother, Andrew, was the quarterback. When Adam graduated, his younger brother, Alec, took the reins.



When he arrived at FCS-level Dayton, however, Trautman saw a different path. The Flyers had several good-sized tight ends, but they were better blockers than receivers and he saw a chance to add a...