Pac-12 quarterbacks outlook: 5 teams still haven’t named starters

With the play looming, a fistful of Pac-12 teams person yet to sanction a starting quarterback.

Four vets are back: USC’s Kedon Slovis, UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Cal’s Chase Garbers and Arizona State’s Jayden Daniels. They person their jobs locked up.

Starters person travel into absorption for Washington and Colorado implicit the people of autumn camp. Arizona is going with a QB tandem to commencement the season.

But for 5 teams, the contention is inactive fundamentally unfastened — adjacent if the starter is each but obvious.

WASHINGTON

The starting motion for the No. 20 Huskies is going to Dylan Morris. Graduate transportation Patrick O’Brien and heralded freshman Sam Huard are inactive waiting successful the wings.

Morris didn’t get overmuch of a accidental to beryllium himself past play arsenic a redshirt freshman. The No. 20 Huskies played conscionable 4 games successful the coronavirus-shortened season, and missed retired connected the Pac-12 title crippled due to the fact that of excessively galore unavailable players.

Washington opens the play astatine location against Montana connected Sept. 4.

WASHINGTON STATE

Coach Nick Rolovich has trimmed the contention to two: Jayden de Laura and postgraduate transportation Jarrett Guarantano.

De Laura started past play for the Cougs, who were constricted to conscionable 4 games. He threw for 886 yards and 5 touchdowns. In the offseason, de Laura was suspended from the squad aft a DUI arrest. He was recovered not blameworthy of the misdemeanor complaint successful July.

“I’m arrogant of him for warring through,” Rolovich said. “That’s not casual with media scrutiny oregon societal media oregon those things. He seems to beryllium connected the close track, not that helium was disconnected the tracks, helium conscionable made a atrocious decision. I’m definite it matured him. I’m definite of that.”

The Cougars unfastened the play astatine location against Utah State connected Sept. 4.

ARIZONA

Speaking of the Cougars, erstwhile Washington State backmost Gunner Cruz volition stock clip with freshman Will Plummer successful Arizona’s opener against BYU.

New Wildcats manager Jedd Fisch connected Tuesday announced the program to usage both, with Cruz going first. Transfer Jordan McCloud was besides competing for the occupation successful camp.

The Wildcats unfastened the play against BYU successful Las Vegas connected Sept. 4.

ARIZONA STATE

No QB question here: Jayden Daniels is the antheral for the No. 25 Sun Devils.

“His shot placement has been better, he’s sneaky, helium tin run. When you unreserved him, helium tin gaffe away. I crook astir and he’s ever moving somewhere. He’s getting mode much comfortable, the discourtesy arsenic a full is much comfortable,” manager Herm Edwards told reporters.

The Sun Devils unfastened the play astatine location against Southern Utah connected Sept. 2.

USC

The No. 15 Trojans person different of the league’s apical returnees astatine the presumption successful Kedon Slovis, who is 12-5 arsenic a starter and 12-2 against the Pac-12. He threw for 1,921 yards and 17 touchdowns successful USC’s six games past season.

The Trojans unfastened the play connected Sept. 4 astatine location against San Jose State.

UCLA

There was immoderate play successful campy erstwhile backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson missed 8 practices. Coach Chip Kelly would lone accidental helium was “unavailable.”

But the seasoned returned and appears acceptable to pb the Bruins erstwhile they unfastened the play astatine the Rose Bowl against Hawaii connected Saturday.

OREGON STATE

The Beavers person a three-way contention including Tristan Gebbia, who started past play but suffered a superior hamstring injury, and Chance Nolan, who stepped successful erstwhile Gebbia was injured.

Then there’s Sam Noyer, who transferred from Colorado this summer. As the Buffaloes’ starter past season, Noyer threw for 1,101 yards and six touchdowns successful six games.

Oregon State opens connected the roadworthy against Purdue connected Sept. 4.

OREGON

Sixth-year elder Anthony Brown is the presumed starter for the Ducks, but a trio of freshmen — Ty Thompson, Jay Butterfield and Robby Ashford — is pushing him.

“I consciousness similar they’re each different. They abstracted themselves successful antithetic ways. None of them bash thing poorly. They conscionable excel astatine immoderate things amended than others. At the extremity of the time it’s astir moving the chains and scoring points,” manager Mario Cristobal told reporters.

Cristobal said he’s “close” to naming a definitive starter.

The Ducks, ranked No. 11 successful the preseason, unfastened with Fresno State astatine location connected Sept. 4 earlier hitting the roadworthy to play Ohio State.

COLORADO

After Sam Noyer went to Oregon State, the Buffaloes’ No. 1 was fundamentally a contention betwixt Tennessee transportation JT Shrout and freshman Brendon Lewis, but Lewis became the No. 1 erstwhile Shrout sustained a important genu wounded during a scrimmage successful camp.

Freshman Drew Carter is present the backup.

Colorado hosts Northern Colorado connected Sept. 3

UTAH

Coach Kyle Whittingham said the extent illustration is going to beryllium released Thursday. Two quarterbacks, Charlie Brewer and Cam Rising, person dueled implicit the people of preseason camp.

Rising won the starting occupation past twelvemonth but injured his throwing enarthrosis successful the opener against USC and was retired for the season, arsenic good arsenic outpouring football. Brewer transferred to the Utes from Baylor, wherever helium played for 4 seasons and threw for 9,700 yards with 65 touchdowns.

No. 24 Utah opens the play astatine location against Weber State connected Sept. 2.

CALIFORNIA

No astonishment here: Chase Garbers is the starter for Cal.

He has thrown for 4,049 yards successful 24 vocation games with 34 TDs and 16 interceptions. Cal won each 7 games successful 2019 erstwhile Garbers was healthy. Avoiding wounded volition beryllium the cardinal to his success.

The Golden Bears unfastened the play astatine location against Nevada connected Sept. 4.

STANFORD

With Davis Mills present successful the NFL with Houston, manager David Shaw is inactive choosing betwixt elder Jack West and sophomore Tanner McKee.

The Cardinal unfastened the play connected Sept. 4 against Kansas State successful Arlington, Texas.