BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Southern first-year head coach Marshall Faulk has told the media multiple times that he wants to name a starting quarterback as early as possible.
That’s a welcome change of pace for Jag fans, who have grown accustomed to not knowing who the starter is until the week or day of the season opener.
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Faulk still hasn’t officially named a starting quarterback, but after the first day of fall camp, the competition appears to be narrowing.
Christian Johnson (transfer from Hutchinson Community College), Ashton Strother, and Wyatt McCaulley (transfer from Long Beach City College) were the three quarterbacks taking snaps under center. Johnson received the first-team reps, followed by Strother and McCaulley…