MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – There was no grand announcement when West Virginia’s coaching staff told Austin Kendall he was going to be the Mountaineers’ starting quarterback.
“After dinner, they were like ‘You’re going to be the starter,’” Kendall said of how coaches broke it to him following West Virginia’s second preseason scrimmage.
The business-like atmosphere was perfectly suited to Kendall’s demeanor. Kendall spoke of being excited to finally have the chance to start, but did so with an inflection reminiscent of Ben Stein calling on Ferris Bueller in class.
Though he spent three seasons at Oklahoma behind the brash Baker Mayfield and the dynamic Kyler Murray, Kendall is considerably more understated.