Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson might not yet have the resume of his predecessor, Paxton Lynch.
But after the Tigers’ upset of Ole Miss in 2015, the Memphis program and its quarterback have the attention of Rebels coach Hugh Freeze.
Freeze identified Ferguson as a threat in his weekly press conference Monday ahead of the Rebels’ Saturday night game against the high-scoring Memphis team at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
“He has played really well,” Freeze told reporters. “I don’t know that it would be fair for me to try to assess it to Lynch until I see him live, but on film he is making every throw, he uses his feet, and seemed like a leader and competitive dude.