The 2017 regular season wasn’t the season that the Cougars hoped it would be.
A 7-4 record and a low-end bowl game are definitely beneath the preseason expectations that Houston players and coaches should have had for themselves. One bright spot for the team, however, is that they have likely found their quarterback of the future in sophomore D’Eriq King.
The 5-foot-11 QB replaced Kyle Postma and took over for Houston during its upset victory against South Florida. Under King, the Cougars earned a 3-1 record and second place in the American Athletic Conference West.
King also possesses the NCAA’s fifth-highest passer rating in the past four weeks with 182.