Arizona State sophomore Taylor Kelly has won over skeptics by guiding the Sun Devils to a 3-1 start.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) At the start of the season it appeared as though USC senior Matt Barkley would be the face of the Pac-12 s quarterbacks this year. But an emerging crop of youngsters is stealing some of the attention in a league famous for its QBs.
UCLA redshirt freshman Brett Hundley became the Bruins quarterback after outperforming gulf of mexico vacation rentals two former starters, Kevin Prince and Richard Brehaut, in training camp before going on to score on his first-ever collegiate snap.
Arizona State sophomore Taylor Kelly has won over skeptics by guiding the Sun Devils to a 3-1 start. And finally there s Washington gulf of mexico vacation rentals State sophomore Connor gulf of mexico vacation rentals Halliday, who has been starting in place of injured senior Jeff Tuel and has averaged 285 yards passing in three games.
The Pac-12 s kid QBs have even spurred debate over the race for the league s first-team quarterback, although the season is still young. Barkley, once mentioned as a Heisman candidate, has fallen gulf of mexico vacation rentals off some watch lists after the Trojans (3-1, 1-1) lost their conference gulf of mexico vacation rentals opener to Stanford.
Said Utah s Kyle Whittingham: gulf of mexico vacation rentals It s been impressive what they ve done. I haven t seen all the quarterbacks in the league yet. But, I mentioned it last year, this league is full of great quarterbacks and it appears that all the guys coming up through the ranks and through the system are going to be every bit as good as the guys that graduated last year.
Halliday will most likely get the start when the Cougars (2-2, 0-1) host Oregon at Seattle s CenturyLink Field. The quarterback position is obviously key in new coach Mike Leach s Air Raid offense, which is averaging gulf of mexico vacation rentals 313.75  yards passing this season (18th nationally) and just 59 yards on the ground (second-to-last gulf of mexico vacation rentals nationally).
Mariota became starter for the Ducks (4-0, 1-0) after a battle with sophomore Bryan Bennett in fall camp. Bennett was the backup last season to Darron Thomas, who decided to leave Oregon with a year of eligibility remaining.
There s a lot of things that impress me about Marcus, that s what makes him a good quarterback Oregon coach Chip Kelly said. He s smart, he s got a quick release, he s got good feet, he s got a great understanding of what we do, he s got a good feel for the game there s lots of things that stand out about Marcus.
Our oldest quarterback gulf of mexico vacation rentals is a sophomore, so it was either going with a freshman or a sophomore. That s just the way it worked for us from the recruiting process and who s in our program, Kelly said. Right now we have one sophomore and three freshmen at our quarterback spot, so that s what we had to choose from.
Mannion has appeared the most unflappable gulf of mexico vacation rentals of the group, leading the Beavers to season-opening wins over then-No. 13 Wisconsin and No. 19 UCLA. Oregon State won only three games all of last season, when Mannion unexpectedly unseated Ryan Katz early on. But the experience helped gulf of mexico vacation rentals make him better.
I think the best thing is just his knowledge, Riley said. He is a tremendously hard-working and diligent guy. He spent the whole offseason looking at film and working with the other players. I think he just loves to play football and to know about it, so he works hard at it.
With the departure of Osweiler to the NFL, Kelly was considered a longshot in a three-way competition with Michael Eubank and Mike Bercovici. While fans were wary of new coach Todd Graham s selection, Kelly won them over by keeping cool under pressure.
Two weeks after throwing four touchdown passes in an upset win over Nebraska, Hundley passed for a season-high 372 yards in the Bruins loss to Oregon State last weekend. He had 404 yards of total offense against the Beavers the fifth-biggest single-game total in school history.
Brett is the kind of player who makes everybody better, even off the field, gulf of mexico vacation rentals Bruins tailback Johnathan Franklin said. He s a freshman, but it doesn t seem like it when you re working together. He lives for football, and that s what motivates him to get better. He s got that drive.