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Tyler Jefferson is a quarterback for the Florida A&M Rattlers.
Florida A&M University has added five new quarterbacks to its roster for the 2025 season.The Rattlers now have a total of seven quarterbacks competing for the starting position.The new quarterbacks will compete with returning players Traven Green and Bryson Martin.FAMU’s first game is against Howard University in the Orange Blossom Classic on August 30.
A potent offense starts with a good quarterback.
Florida A&M football is doing the groundwork to ensure it has viable options for the starting quarterback job for the 2025 season.
The Rattlers have landed five quarterbacks this offseason, with RJ Johnson III, Tyler Jefferson, Jett Peddy, and Lawrence Wright IV transferring in. RJ Mayes, out of Marianna, is the Rattlers’ lone high school quarterback addition.
FAMU’s quintet of new quarterbacks joins returners, Traven Green and Bryson Martin.
That makes it a total of seven quarterbacks for the Rattlers.
Whoever starts at quarterback for FAMU this season will follow in the footsteps of two consecutive standout Rattler signal callers, Jeremy Moussa from 2022-2023 and Daniel Richardson from 2024. Both were top quarterbacks in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and HBCU All-American honorable mentions.
So, who will take the first snap under center when FAMU football opens its season versus the Howard Bison at Miami’s Orange Blossom Classic on Saturday, Aug. 30?
Let’s look at the options.
Traven Green, Returning
Classification: Redshirt FreshmanHometown: Rockledge, FloridaHeight/Weight: 6-foot-2, 170 pounds2024 Stats: Did Not Play
RJ Johnson III, Transfer from Toledo
Classification: Redshirt SophomoreHometown: Atlanta, GeorgiaHeight/Weight: 6-foot-2, 210 pounds2024 Stats: Did Not Play
RJ Mayes,…
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