New coach Sonny Dykes says TCU Horned Frogs can play 3 QBs in the first match

Fort Worth, Texas – Max Duggan He started 29 games as the TCU quarterback, and Chandler Morris He had 531 total attacking yards in his only complete game last fall. New Horned Frogs coach Sonny Dykes didn’t say which of them would take the first shot in the season opener Friday night in Colorado.

TCU’s initial depth chart lists Duggan or Morris as the No. 1 quarterback.

“I think we’re in a good place,” Dykes said Monday. “Max Duggan obviously has an interesting resume. He’s played a lot of picks in the last three years here in TCU, and he’s played very well. … Chandler is the same. You look at some of the games he’s played in the last year, he’s played exceptionally well. , so they both have experience and they both have done it.”

Dykes expects Duggan and Morris to play in the opening match, as well Sam Jacksonthe new student who received the application to enter the red education who completed 77 yards for him Ty Barber In his only attempt to pass last season. The coach said he didn’t think who to start.

“It’s a fun group,” said Dykes. “I like guys so much.” “Sam definitely brings a different element into the room…I expect all three of them to play, and I expect all three to play well.”

Duggan, Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year and a four-star recruit prior to reaching the TCU, passed 5,920 yards with 41 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in 32 games overall for the Horned Frogs. The big also rushed for 1,433 yards and another 19 degrees.

After playing with a broken foot bone for several games last season, Morris started his first game in a 30-28 win over Big 12 champion Baylor in his first TCU game after Gary Patterson and the school mutually agreed to separate. Morris threw for 461 yards, ran for 70 yards and even managed to catch a pass. His 531 yard total was second in school history, but he was injured in the next game.

Morris, the former Oklahoma transfer, is still listed as a rookie after completing 50 of 76 passes for 717 yards and three touchdowns in his four games last season. He raced the TD with the Sooners in their Big 12 win over Iowa State in 2020.

Big offensive line man Steve Avilathe captain of the team, said the frogs are confident in any player who plays in the middle.

“The only thing we really know is that there’s a change in the voice,” Avila said.

“They all manage crime in their own way,” Barber said. “They all bring different things to the table, and I feel they are all positive.”