As Michigan football searches for next quarterback, Alex Orji knows what he has to do

For months now, the answers have been few and far between.

Questions have been posed to Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell and all of the quarterbacks involved in U-M’s first battle for a starting signal caller since J.J. McCarthy was anointed over then-captain Cade McNamara after his Week 2 performance against Hawaii in 2022. No one has even hinted as to who will be the Wolverines’ starting quarterback when the season kicks off against Fresno State at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Big House (NBC).

In fact, when Moore was asked about it recently at a high school football camp in Detroit, he shut it down entirely.

Michigan quarterback Alex Orji runs the ball in the second quarter of the College Football Playoff national championship game against Washington at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024.

“I’m not going to answer any questions on the quarterback situation,” he said.

Despite no indications of who will be under center or a timeline for when that decision will be made, the requirements to earn the job have been made crystal clear since the spring, shortly after Campbell was promoted to Moore’s old position.

“For me and the University of Michigan, (No.) 1 is the production on the field,” Campbell said of what he will evaluate when making the decision. “They gotta be a low-turnover, high-completion player. There’s stuff off the field that we’re looking at. They’re all great leaders, but who’s the best guy to go out there and lead this team?

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“We were fortunate last year to have a guy that was outstanding at that, and we need to see the guy that can replace that.”

While the official pecking order is being fully kept under wraps, that hasn’t stopped the speculation, and as of…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-06-06 10:09:48

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