Jeff Lindquist is the only of the three options to start for the Huskies who has played in a college game.
BURBANK, Calif. -- Want an update on the Washington Huskies' quarterback competition?
Too bad. There isn't one.
Nothing has changed since the Huskies finished spring practices three months ago -- Jeff Lindquist, K.J. Carta-Samuels and Jake Browning split repetitions more or less evenly -- and nothing will likely change until after UW resumes practice Aug. 8.
That was the gist of coach Chris Petersen's answer to the inevitable quarterback question during his session with reporters at Pac-12 media day Thursday afternoon.
"It always seems like the media kind of thinks we play our cards close to the vest and kind of know," Petersen said from inside Stage 12 at Warner Bros. Studios. "We don't know. We really don't. I wish we did. I think your starting quarterback needs every rep he can get, let alone three guys that water it down, but that's just where we are. So as soon as we figure out who gives us the best chance, we'll take some time."
It seemed Lindquist, a fourth-year junior, was generally the most consistent of the three competitors during spring practices, which wasn't a tremendous surprise considering he's the only quarterback on the roster to appear in a college football game.
But each of them apparently remains in contention to start UW's season opener Sept. 4 at Boise State.
"Everybody has to get better," Petersen said. "That is the bottom line, from Jeff to Jake. Everybody needs to get better. That guy you can see growing and getting better, that's probably going to be the guy."
UW's fourth scholarship quarterback, recent junior college transfer Tony Rodriguez, likely won't factor into the competition this fall. He signed with the Huskies this summer after a two-year career at City College of San Francisco, and Petersen said Thursday that "in an ideal world, Tony redshirts."
"He just got here," Petersen said. "We're trying to figure out how he can call it and line up formations. But he's studying hard and he's getting there. That's where I think in an ideal world he would be able to redshirt and learn and grow and be in the weight room and all those type of things. But we'll just see."
This article was written by Christian Caple from The News Tribune and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
