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WSU spring football preview: Cougars begins the search to replace Luke Falk and Tyler Hilinski at QB

Which position group is Washington State coach Mike Leach most concerned about as the Cougars begin spring football Thursday?

“All of them. We’ve got question marks at all of them,” Leach said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. “It’s the central reason we have spring ball.

After losing a loaded crop of starters that included quarterback Luke Falk, running back Jamal Morrow and offensive linemen Cole Madison and Cody O’Connell, Washington State is painfully young on offense in 2018.

The Cougars’ losses on offense were exacerbated by the loss of Tyler Hilinski, their junior quarterback who took his own life in January.