WAXHAW, N.C. – Perhaps no college quarterback will enter the 2019 season surrounded by more intrigue than Austin Kendall, for he is the nation’s ultimate mystery man.
It’s plausible that Kendall might have been one of the nation’s best quarterbacks the past two seasons. There just wasn’t any way of proving it. Kendall had the strange fortune of being behind back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners at Oklahoma.
“That situation he just went through is unique as they come,” said Kendall’s high school coach, Brian Johnson. “I thought he handled it with professionalism, with respect.”
When Kendall takes the field this fall, he will finally be able to answer the question of whether he’s the next Heisman-caliber talent to roll off Lincoln Riley’s assembly line, albeit with a different coach at a different school.