UTEP Quarterback Gavin Hardison the focus as Miners begin fall camp

There are many reasons the UTEP football team began fall camp Friday with real optimism that has often been lacking, and is so often the case with a team expecting to make a leap, that begins under center.

Sophomore (sort of) Gavin Hardison is beginning his fourth year of college football, his third year at UTEP and his second year as a starter, and as encouraging as his first sophomore year was in 2020, there’s more he can do.

What Hardison’s already done is show special arm talent, leadership, composure — all the traits he’ll need to be the elite quarterback everyone around UTEP thinks he can be.

The task now is to translate that into tangibles such as improving on his 54 percent completion…