The last time that quarterback Clayton Tune walked off a football field after a game for the UH football team was on Nov. 30, 2019. The team had just lost a shootout to No. 24 Navy in a 56-41 decision.
Tune finished the game with 393 passing yards and threw four touchdowns, one of which was a 67-yarder to the house that was caught by receiver Tre’von Bradley. In that game, however, he also threw four interceptions.
Then when the calendar turned to 2020, Tune’s role for the Cougars became clear. Star quarterback D’Eriq King, who redshirted his senior season after playing only four games in 2019, transferred to Miami, and the door was opened for the Carrollton native to have total rein of the UH offense.