As the Tigers progress through fall camp and inch ever closer to the beginning of the 2022 season, there’s still one question that’s on everyone’s mind: Who is going to be this team’s starting quarterback?
LSU doesn’t have a shortage of talent at the position, as it returns a veteran in Myles Brennan while adding a player with three years of Power Five starting experience in Jayden Daniels.
You also can’t ignore Garrett Nussmeier, a redshirt freshman who saw some action last fall and had arguably the most impressive spring game of the trio.
Still, none of the three was able to separate themselves from the group during spring camp, and it seems that after a week of fall practices, coach Brian Kelly isn’t particularly close to naming a starter.
On3’s Jesse Simonton broke down the remaining SEC quarterback battles, and he included some of the intel he’s heard about the competition in Baton Rouge.
Buzz: Of the four open competitions in the SEC, the Tigers appear the farthest away from determining who will start their Week 1 opener against Florida State.
All three options are intriguing. All three quarterbacks are quite different, and all three quarterbacks are receiving first-team reps in camp.
Brian Kelly has never hesitated rotating quarterbacks, so that remains a real possibility the deeper we get into training camp without one guy emerging from the pack.
Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels was Kelly’s hand-picked option out of the portal, but the former Notre Dame coach also convinced Myles Brennan to not transfer and return to the program. Meanwhile, Garrett Nussmeier was the talk of spring practice. The redshirt sophomore recently tweaked his ankle in camp, and though the injury isn’t considered serious, any significant missed time only further opens the door for Daniels or Brennan to grab the job.
This one is too close to call for now, but as new Tigers offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock said recently, “There comes a line of demarcation where we’ve got to get ready to win game one and who gives us the best opportunity to do that. We’re not anywhere close to that yet but those decisions will be made by Coach Kelly when the cutoff happens and hopefully it’s an easy decision.”
Based on that, it seems that Tigers fans hoping the passing depth chart would be cemented well ahead of the season will be disappointed. However, it does sound like Denbrock and Kelly don’t have much interest in rotating quarterbacks to…