Pac-12 Spotlight: Post-spring QB situations
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With spring football now complete at most campuses around the Pac-12, a few programs that entered the spring with questions at quarterback are exiting with answers. Let’s take a look at the quarterback situations for each program in the conference heading into the summer.
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ARIZONA
Starter: Khalil Tate
Backups: Rhett Rodriguez, Jamarye Joiner, Grant Gunnell, Kevin Doyle, Luke Ashworth
Coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Noel Mazzone have not named the starter yet, but unless there is a complete meltdown, Tate is going to run the Wildcats’ offense in the 2019 season. In the spring game, Tate threw one pass before getting rested for the remainder of the scrimmage.
After Tate, the order is muddied. Rodriguez would probably be second-in-line but he didn’t look outstanding during the spring. This is Tate’s team and with another year under this coaching staff, he could be special again.
ARIZONA STATE
Starter: Undecided
Contenders: Jayden Daniels, Dillon Sterling-Cole
With the departure of Manny Wilkins, the quarterback job was wide open heading into spring practice and the ASU coaching staff wanted a two-man race coming out of those workouts. That’s what the Sun Devils got with Daniels, who put up prolific numbers in high school, and Sterling-Cole looking to battle it out heading into the fall. Sterling-Cole could have the slight advantage because he has some college experience playing in the system that changed little from last year, but Daniels might be too talented to stand on the sidelines for long.
