Over the course of the past three weeks as the eighth-ranked Hurricanes have worked their way through preseason camp, the race to be Malik Rosier’s backup has featured three young quarterbacks.
With Miami’s season opener now less than a week away, it seems that race has narrowed to two signal callers.
During a radio appearance with 560-WQAM’s Joe Rose on Monday morning, Hurricanes coach Mark Richt said that redshirt freshmen Cade Weldon and N’Kosi Perry have separated themselves from freshman Jarren Williams in the competition to be the Hurricanes’ No. 2 quarterback.
Though it’s not exactly an unexpected move — Weldon and Perry have been on campus longer than Williams, have worked with Miami’s scout teams for more than a year and have been trading second-team reps throughout camp — Richt’s decision may give the Hurricanes’ quarterback room a bit more clarity as Miami shifts into game-week mode ahead of their Sunday night season opener against LSU at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.