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FSU Football: Quarterbacks will compete for the job in camp

FSU football head coach Willie Taggart addressed the media at Wednesday’s ACC Kickoff event and spoke on a variety of things.

One of the hottest topics is who’ll be the starting quarterback in Tallahassee for the second consecutive year.

The odds on favorite is redshirt sophomore James Blackman who’s going into his third year with the program.

He got a taste of an offense similar to what they’ll run under Kendal Briles and got a ton of reps last season while getting one start and performing well.

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However, it seems the job isn’t set in concrete just yet for him according to Willie Taggart:

“It’s a competition, [Blackman] is the starting quarterback, he has been starting the spring, and he has the understanding that he will go in [to preseason camp as the] No.