Kavika Johnson will start at quarterback against Texas as Zack Greenlee rehabs an MCL injury in his knee that UTEP is looking to get 100 percent before Conference USA play in two weeks.
"Kavika will start at quarterback," coach Sean Kugler said. "Zach is out a week, possibly two, but we'll get him back, it's not season-ending. We're very confident in Kavika and Ryan Metz. They'll get the job done. It went neck-and-neck, down-to-the-wire in camp."
The first plan is not to rotate Johnson and Metz.
"It depends on the circumstances, but Kavika Johnson is our starting quarterback," Kugler said.