Dylan Raiola Details Patrick Mahomes Traits He Tries to Implement in His Own Game

Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola wants his resemblance to Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes to go further than their similar hairstyles.

When asked by CBS Sports' Jenny Dell which aspects of his game he models after Mahomes, Raiola answered, "I think just what he does with his feet."

"He's a pure passer," Raiola continued. "I think he gets called, people might think he's a dual threat, but he wants to throw the ball, he wants to stay in the pocket.

"When he gets out, that's when he's dangerous. And with the similar backgrounds of playing baseball, both of us, those things kind of just pop up on the fly."

Raiola went on to tell Dell that he, like Mahomes, depends on his ability to process plays before they happen.

"I couldn't tell you why I threw it like the way I did, or I didn't throw it the way I did. It's just kind of a reactionary thing that happens just through visualizing, and seeing things happen before it happens," Raiola said. "It's fun. Like sometimes, I wow myself. Like dang, I didn't really try to do that, but I did it.

"I'm a big visualizer, so I do see a lot of things before it happens. Sometimes, in practice, I may throw a ball with my left hand, may throw it behind my back. It's just something that plays in my head, and when it happens, it's like it happens so fast you don't even think about it."

In his second season with Nebraska, Raiola has led the Cornhuskers to a 3-0 start thanks to wins over non-conference opponents in Cincinnati, Akron and Houston Christian.

He has completed 76.6 percent of his passes over that span, throwing for 829 passing yards and eight touchdowns without an interception.

That jump in accuracy is a promising sign for the Nebraska quarterback, who threw for 13 total touchdowns and was picked off 11 times in the entirety of his freshman campaign.

Raiola will now look to continue channeling Mahomes when his biggest test of his sophomore campaign so far comes to Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

He and the Cornhuskers are set to kick off against No. 21 Michigan, the program's first ranked opponent of the season, at 3:30 p.m. ET in Lincoln.