Last year’s starting quarterback Gardner Minshew was set to start again this season for ECU, mentoring the young quarterbacks behind him on the roster. When Minshew announced a transfer to first Alabama, then eventually Washington State, there was concern over the inexperience of the remaining quarterbacks.
In its 41-19 win over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday, ECU showed off great play from both starting quarterback Reid Herring and phenom freshman Holton Ahlers. Suddenly, with Kingsley Ifedi’s potential still untapped as well, the quarterback situation at ECU looks pretty good.
Just seeing Ahlers run onto the field in the first quarter elicited cheers from the Pirate fans, and that would be only the beginning of the cheers Ahlers earned throughout his performance.