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BX: Jeff Driskel's under-the-radar ascent to Cincinnati Bengals starter wasn't by accident

Bengals beat writers Fletcher Page and Paul Dehner Jr. preview the team's Week 13 game against the Denver Broncos. Kareem Elgazzar, kelgazzar@enquirer.com

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Tony Petersen has no doubt about Jeff Driskel.

Now the offensive coordinator at East Carolina, Petersen coached Driskel at Louisiana Tech and Byron Leftwich and Chad Pennington, both first-round draft picks and NFL multi-year starters, at Marshall. It's Driskel, though, that Petersen points to as "everything you could want to be," as a quarterback destined for success.