Checking in on the three QBs who left at the end of last season:
1) Johnathan Brantley, who talked about being a passing QB first and a running QB second after he transferred to Eastern Illinois, has backed up his words thus far at a lower level. Remember, he played through a serious shoulder injury that limited his throwing as a freshman at Tulane and was beaten out by Jonathan Brantley (and, possibly, Khalil McClain, last year.
Playing in a passer-friendly air raid offense, he has completed 68.1 percent of his passes with 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions while sharing time with another QB. He has thrown for 1,488 yards, but EIU is 1-5 because of an awful defense, losing 55-41, 41-40 and 48-41 already this year.
2) Glen Cuiellette, who went from starter in 2016 to fourth string in 2017 after it became obvious he could not be effective in the Fritz offense, apparently got benched by Texas Southern after the first half of Saturday's loss to Grambling. He fumbled and threw an interception on his last two series. For the year, he has completed 49.7 percent of his passes with seven interceptions and seven TDs.
Texas Southern is winless in five games against FCS competition and has not scored more than 21 points in those games. It struggled to beat a lower-level team, scoring 26, in its opener, so Cuiellette's grad transfer year has not gone as he hoped.
3) Khalil McClain, who was moved to quarterback from wide receiver before his senior year of high school, left unexpectedly last year at the end of his lone season at Tulane. Clearly, it was not for the opportunity to be a starting QB because he is playing wide receiver full time for Hutchinson Community College. He leads the team with 19 catches for 346 yards and five touchdowns in a run-oriented offense. Hutchinson is 7-1.
1) Johnathan Brantley, who talked about being a passing QB first and a running QB second after he transferred to Eastern Illinois, has backed up his words thus far at a lower level. Remember, he played through a serious shoulder injury that limited his throwing as a freshman at Tulane and was beaten out by Jonathan Brantley (and, possibly, Khalil McClain, last year.
Playing in a passer-friendly air raid offense, he has completed 68.1 percent of his passes with 12 touchdowns and zero interceptions while sharing time with another QB. He has thrown for 1,488 yards, but EIU is 1-5 because of an awful defense, losing 55-41, 41-40 and 48-41 already this year.
2) Glen Cuiellette, who went from starter in 2016 to fourth string in 2017 after it became obvious he could not be effective in the Fritz offense, apparently got benched by Texas Southern after the first half of Saturday's loss to Grambling. He fumbled and threw an interception on his last two series. For the year, he has completed 49.7 percent of his passes with seven interceptions and seven TDs.
Texas Southern is winless in five games against FCS competition and has not scored more than 21 points in those games. It struggled to beat a lower-level team, scoring 26, in its opener, so Cuiellette's grad transfer year has not gone as he hoped.
3) Khalil McClain, who was moved to quarterback from wide receiver before his senior year of high school, left unexpectedly last year at the end of his lone season at Tulane. Clearly, it was not for the opportunity to be a starting QB because he is playing wide receiver full time for Hutchinson Community College. He leads the team with 19 catches for 346 yards and five touchdowns in a run-oriented offense. Hutchinson is 7-1.