Following Saturday’s scrimmage, Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano said he is pleased with where things stand with the quarterback competition on his team.
It may be a quarterback competition in just name only, but Gavin Wimsatt and Evan Simon are the two veterans on the Rutgers football roster with starting experience. The only other scholarship quarterback, Ajani Sheppard, is a true freshman and in his first spring of college football.
On Saturday, head coach [autotag]Greg Schiano[/autotag] said that he will discuss with offensive coordinator [autotag]Kirk Ciarrocca[/autotag] where things stand at quarterback. Wimsatt was the starting quarterback last year when healthy but Simon saw significant snaps (and starts) in the middle of the season.
A new offensive coordinator hired this offseason, Kirk Ciarrocca, will factor heavily into this decision.
“I think what we’ll do is we’ll sit down at the end of spring Kirk and I and the offensive staff – the numbers of the numbers and then you go with what you feel,” Schiano told reporters on Saturday.
“And again, is there a timeline where we have to say this? No not really. I would like to have somebody named sooner than later. We’ll figure that out. But they’re doing a good job. I’m pleased.”
Wimsatt, a former four-star recruit, is the heavy favorite to be the starter for the season opener against Northwestern. But Evan Simon had some solid performances last year when he started in place of the injured Wimsatt.
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It makes for a dynamic of competition this spring for Rutgers football and Schiano, certainly not a bad thing at this point in the calendar.
“I thought they both did a good job and there was a couple of things they missed, but I’m pleased – I think they’re making progress,” Schiano said.
“Today wasn’t an easy day, you know, if you’re going into the wind that when was you know, you say anything over six (miles per hour) has an effect. What, it was like 12 (miles per hour) today, so it had an effect.”
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Scroll down and check out some of these photos from spring practice as Rutgers football gears up for the annual ‘Spring Game’ on Saturday!
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