Fresno State tabs Chason Virgil as starting quarterback

Chason Virgil will be Fresno State’s starting quarterback – the redshirt freshman earning the call in the Sept. 3 opener at Nebraska not just by maintaining a lead he had on the competition at the start of fall camp but by extending it.

“We knew Chason had an advantage having been here a year and a half now, having gone through spring in the system,” Fresno State coach Tim DeRuyter said Thursday. “But I think bringing the three quarterbacks in gave him some great competition, which made him push even harder, and he stood up to that competition.

“He earned the job. It wasn’t that we’re just selecting somebody. He clearly separated himself. If you look at the statistics, he had over twice the…