Sunday, March 30, 2014

Southern spring game showcases new quarterbacks

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  The Southern offense won’t be the same next season without All-Southwestern Athletic Conference quarterback Dray Joseph.

But that doesn’t mean it can’t be as good or even better just because it’s different.

Southern’s spring game Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium demonstrated how the offense will evolve with an inexperienced quarterback in either Deonte Shorts or Francis Kennah and a deep stable of running backs.

Shorts and Kennah were among 10 players to rush the ball, and Southern ran it 45 times and threw it 27. Unofficially, the Jaguars rushed for 258 yards and passed for 120.

“The quarterbacks’ ability to run will put some pressure on defenses,” coach Dawson Odums said. “They’re a lot more mobile than Dray was, and we didn’t ask Dray to be mobile, because he was a pretty good pocket passer.

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