Kiffin delighted over QBs with Dart, transfers in fold
Ole Miss opened spring practice on Tuesday with coach Lane Kiffin excited about the depth at quarterback with in 2015’s starter, Jaxson Dart, back and the addition of 2021 All-Big 12 selection Spencer Sanders and previous five-star prospect Walker Howard by means of the transfer portal.Sanders was 31-12 as a starter at Oklahoma State. He led the conference with 3,507 overall yards (2,839 death and 668 rushing) in 2021 however was limited by a shoulder injury last season.Howard redshirted his only season at LSU.Anticipating the concentrate on Tuesday’s news conference, Kiffin told reporters during his opening statement, “I make certain you have quarterback questions. All the people practiced today and turned in there. So, they all looked great. “Editor’s Picks Kiffin didn’t offer a timeline to decide on who begins.”I just see it being really competitive,” he said.Sanders had actually been restricted throwing throughout the offseason as he recuperated
from the shoulder injury, however he participated in practice Tuesday.Kiffin said Dart, who passed for just shy of 3,000 lawns last season, has”thrown truly well.””[ To] have a long time to recover, he’s gotten stronger and has actually looked truly excellent and much enhanced, “he added.”
So that’s exciting. “In general, Kiffin said the depth and “quality in the space”is much different than late last season.” To have two returning starting quarterbacks [Dart, Sanders] and a really prominent recruit [Howard]
in there that redshirted last year is really great,” he said, “and a lot different than as soon as Luke [Altmyer] decided to move. “Kiffin said the assessment of the quarterbacks will boil down to 3 things: timing, accuracy and choice making. “Those are the three things that forever we’ve taken a look at,”he said.”However we have a very long time, spring and fall, to figure it out and let guys play.”Ole Miss started out last season
7-0 prior to losing 4 of its last five games, consisting of a 17-point loss to Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl.The Rebs host Mercer on Sept. 2 to begin next season.