Louisville football is less than a month from starting spring practices in Year 2 under Jeff Brohm.
After a 10-4 season and their first ACC championship game, the Cardinals return 14 players with starting experience: six on offense and eight on defense. U of L also brought in five midyear enrollees from the 2024 signing class and 24 players from the transfer portal.
The Cardinals will have some players missing or limited for spring practices. Others will arrive on campus during the summer, so the team won’t be at full strength until the fall. Still, there’s much to learn about the squad with six months to go before the 2024 season begins.
Here are five questions for Louisville football ahead of spring practices:
What does Louisville football’s quarterback room look like?
Sep 23, 2023; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Tyler Shough (12) throws a pass during warmups prior to their game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Texas Tech transfer Tyler Shough is poised to be Louisville’s starting quarterback, but concerns about his health loom. In January, Brohm said Shough wasn’t fully healthy. Questions about how much he’ll practice this spring open the door for questions about who’s behind him. For the last two seasons, Evan Conley and Brock Domann were the Cardinals’ backup quarterbacks, but both have graduated.
Including Shough, the Cardinals have seven rostered quarterbacks, but only three completed at least one pass last year. The order of the signal callers behind Shough is to be determined. After transferring to Louisville from Purdue to stay with Brohm, Brady Allen has the most experience with the coach’s system. He completed a 7-yard pass and played in one game last season. Pierce…
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Author : The Courier Journal
Publish date : 2024-02-28 10:31:35
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