Eastern Washington enters spring camp with many questions, clear answer at QB with Jared Taylor

On a chilly, late-winter Wednesday, the Eastern Washington football team wrapped up the third of its 10 official offseason practices a little bit early, a nod to the players who might be traveling away from Cheney for the university’s spring break.

The Eagles will reconvene March 31, with no more interruptions in a schedule that culminates in the Red-White game on April 18.

As players broke the full-team huddle on the logo at Roos Field, they moved into position groups, a configuration that made clear the limitations of these 10 spring practices, as well as the opportunities for those who are present and available for them.

For the time being, the Eagles have just barely more offensive linemen than tight ends, and even many of those lineman are banged up.

“To be honest, we’re far, far away from where we intend to be,” EWU head coach Aaron Best said before that practice Wednesday. “All in all, I think the energy’s been pretty good.”

Figuring out which players will ascend into the five vacant starting roles on the offensive line is a question that won’t be answered in full until August. Best said more players will join the team over the summer, but until then they have who they have.

“That really is the biggest (spot) from a positional standpoint where we’ve got to make the biggest difference,” Best said.

The players taking the snaps behind those linemen, though, might be the position group with the most intrigue.

The unquestioned leader of the offense at this point is Jared Taylor, the fifth-year quarterback who ran for 708 yards last season, 10 shy of team-leader Tuna Altahir, the running back who chose during the offseason to transfer to Stanford.

Gone is leading passer Kekoa Visperas, who is spending his final season at FCS Tennessee Tech in the Ohio Valley Conference. And…

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