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Oregon Football: Vernon Adams Is No Lock for Ducks' Starting QB Job

Oregon's spring practices are officially over, but the quarterback competition certainly isn't. 

Ever since Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. announced months ago that he was transferring to Oregon, the assumption was that he would be the successor to Marcus Mariota in 2015. However, Mariota's backup from the past two years, Jeff Lockie, has something to say about that. 

(And, to be fair, Ducks head coach Mark Helfrich has never said he's giving Adams the job.) 

In Oregon's spring game on Saturday, Lockie showed he wasn't about to hand over the keys to an offense that he's spent four years learning.