Last year’s quarterback competition was cut short when JT Shrout suffered an ACL injury during a preseason intrasquad scrimmage. Brendon Lewis was given the starting job and all Shrout could do was watch from the sideline.
Coming over from Tennessee and then having to miss his entire first season with Colorado was obviously tough for Shrout, who opened up about his experience on Tuesday following the Buffs’ first practice of fall camp.
“It was depressing almost,” Shrout said. “Football is my first love, so not being able to go out there and play, it was really difficult for me. I tried to stay in it mentally as much as I could, that was helpful.”
But with a healthy knee and a renewed approach, Shrout will get another opportunity to fight for the QB1 role.
“Coach talks about the dog days of camp, you’re getting into the same monotonous routine every day and you’re waking up early, you’re going to bed late and you’re tired, you’re sore,” Shrout said. “I think you get guys like ‘man, I gotta go do this today.’ It’s kind of an attitude (for me) of ‘man, I really get to go do this,’ and not take anything for granted.”
Karl Dorrell also noticed his great energy.
“JT was excited today because he had his first full practice where he did seven-ons and teams and doing bootlegs and stuff and moving,” Dorrell said. “He’s back to normal. He made a play today and he got all excited and (said), ‘oh man, I love football,’ because he missed it.”
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