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SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Jim Fleming hasn’t had to answer this question since the beginning of the decade.
Kasim Hill was the University of Rhode Island’s starting quarterback. His four years included 36 games under center and progress to contender status in both the Coastal Athletic Association and in the race for a long-awaited FCS playoff berth.
Hill has finally left college after seven years – a final COVID redshirt extended his time with the Rams through last fall. Devin Farrell and Hunter Helms are the leading contenders to succeed him, last season’s backup and a Clemson transfer who exit spring practice on seemingly equal footing.
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URI football coach Jim Fleming, shown in a game last season, will have a decision to make this fall: Who will start at quarterback for the Rams?
“We’ve got tough decisions to make,” Fleming said. “That’s what it really comes down to. No one will know here until we know, which will probably be the day before Holy Cross.”
Saturday’s Blue-White Game at Meade Stadium offered no definite conclusion. Farrell and Helms will enter summer camp still competing after the Blue defense posted a 42-31 victory over the White offense.
Farrell threw the lone touchdown and Helms tossed the only interception of the day, which featured occasional rain squalls and a stiff breeze blowing across the turf.
“It’s been a great competition,” Helms said. “I don’t know if it’s over. Just pushing each other in the weight room, on and off the field. It definitely makes me better.”
Then-Clemson quarterback Hunter Helms hands the ball off to running back Keith Adams during a 2022 game. Helms is now competing for the URI starting QB job.
“It has to come from within,” Farrell said. “It can’t be driven by…
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Author : The Providence Journal
Publish date : 2024-04-14 12:07:28
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