I
have compiled a list of all ten quarterbacks that is projected to start this
fall, and since football season is less than 35 days now; I wanted to put
together information about our conference that you should know.
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| Jake Medlock, FIU |
Jake Medlock,
Florida International, So.
Medlock
is a 6’3, 220lbs Quarterback
The
Golden Panthers plan to replace the 2,400-yard passer with redshirt sophomore
Jake Medlock, who appeared in five games last season and completed 37-of-56
passes for 376 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Florida
International is the pre-season favorite to win the Sun Belt Conference, and the
only team to replace a quarterback this fall.
Blaine Gautier,
UL-Lafayette
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| Blaine Gautier, UL-Lafayette |
Gautier
is 6’0 and 215lbs
Gautier
received all-Sun Belt second team honors and has eight starters returning on
offense this season.
Gautier
spent a week this summer at the Manning
Passing
Academy, an annual camp that Archie Manning and sons (Cooper, Peyton, Eli) host
in Thibodeaux every summer.
Ryan Aplin,
Arkansas State
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| Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State |
Aplin
spent time at the camp this summer, but he is more focused on the new offense
at Arkansas State under first-year head coach and former Auburn offensive
coordinator Gus Malzahn.
Aplin
is Sun Belt Conference the preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Aplin had a 3,588-yard
production in the air last season.
Ryan
Aplin is entering his third year as the Red Wolves' starter and led the league
in total offense for the past two seasons.
Graham
Wilbert, Florida Atlantic, Sr.
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| Graham Wilbert, Florida Atlantic |
Florida
Atlantic senior quarterback Graham Wilbert will be in his second year as the
starter for the Owls under new head coach Carl Pelini. But word is that Melvin
German will be coming in for pre-season camp to take over the starting
quarterback position at Florida Atlantic.
QB
Wilbert is 6’6 and 225lbs.
QB
Melvin German is 6’2 and 210lbs, German also passed 3,121 yards at JUCO last
season.
C.J. Bennett ,
South Alabama, So.
Bennett
a native of Tampa, FL is 6’0 and 210lbs.
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| C.J. Bennett, South Alabama |
Sun
Belt newcomer South Alabama has some comfort with sophomore C.J. Bennett after
one season under center of offense. Bennett is expected to be the starter, but
we can watch newcomer Ross Metheny a former Virginia quarterback
battle for the position in pre-season camp. Metheny hit 15 of his 19 passes for
207 yards at Virginia.
Last
season Bennett completed just 31 of 68 passes for 463 yards, one touchdown,
five picks and five sacks in games against N.C. State and Kent State, but at
Kent, he almost engineered a out of the world comeback.
South Alabama will be switching to a new spread offense this season as they debut in the FBS and Sun Belt Conference.
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| Logan Kilgore, Middle Tennessee |
Logan Kilgore,
Middle Tennessee, Jr.
Kilgore
is 6’3 and 180lbs
Logan
Kilgore lead his offense after the quarterback threw for 2,237 yards in his
first year as the Blue Raiders' starter last season.
Corey Robinson,
Troy, Jr.
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| Corey Robinson, Troy |
Robinson
is 6’2 and 210lbs
Corey
Robinson is also entering his third year as a Troy Trojan starter and is
already in the record books for the most passing yards in a season — twice.
Robinson ranks second among past and present quarterbacks after throwing 3,726
yards in 2010. He followed that up with 3,411 passing yards in 2011 to rank
fifth all time.
Kolton Browning,
UL-Monroe, Jr.
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| Kolton Browning, UL-Monroe |
Browning
is a 6'1, 196lb Quarterback that has passed 2,483 yards of football on offense.
Kolton
Browning lead the Warhawks with his own records in the Sun Belt, including most
plays in one game (84 vs. FIU, 2011).
Kawuan Jakes,
Western Kentucky, Sr.
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| Kawuan Jakes, Western Kentucky |
Kawuan
Jakes is 6’2 and 200lbs, and averaged over 165 yards per game of total offense.
Jakes
played in all 12 games for the second straight season, posting 11 starts at the
quarterback position...Set a career high with 1,854 yards passing during the
regular season, tossing 10 touchdown passes for the second year in a row..
Jakes
is the only returning quarterback with more time under center at Western
Kentucky's, a four-year starter whose offense has relied heavily on the run
game the past few seasons.
Kawuan
Jakes helped his team to a 7-5 season last year for the first time since being
in Division 1 FBS play.
Derek Thompson,
North Texas, Jr.
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| Derek Thompson, North Texas |
Derek
Thompson is the man at quarterback for North Texas and he'll show that he can
be a strong quarterback for the Mean Green.
Derek
Thompson didn't throw much in North Texas' spring game. Thompson hit 4-of-6 passes for 162 yards and
two touchdowns in the spring game.
Five
of the eight returning Sun Belt quarterbacks threw for 2,000 yards or more.
Aplin and Robinson threw for around 3,500 yards and ULL's Blaine Gautier
flirted with the 3,000-mark.
All
quarterbacks are expected to be great this fall, and many are looking to
improve their career stats this upcoming season.
