Austin Kendall, a graduate transfer from Oklahoma, will be West Virginia’s starting quarterback, coach Neal Brown said Tuesday.
“Austin Kendall won our starting quarterback job,” Brown said at a press conference. “We tracked everything from spring practice to fall camp. Completion percentage, number of turnovers, scoring drives from spring practice to fall camp.”
Kendall, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, beat out junior Jack Allison and Jarret Doege, a junior transfer who was Bowling Green’s starting quarterback last season. He received a waiver from the NCAA and can play immediately, multiple outlets reported Tuesday.
Brown said the plan going into the season will be to redshirt Doege, who can play up to four games while maintaining that status.
Kendall backed up Heisman winners Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray at Oklahoma, which brought in Alabama transfer Jalen Hurts to take over at the position after last season. Kendall completed 28 of 39 passes for 265 yards in two seasons with the Sooners.
Kendall will replace Will Grier, who was a third-round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers.
Doege, a junior, completed 62.2 percent of his 389 passes last season for 2,660 yards, with 27 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions. He started five games as a true freshman in 2017 and all 12 games last season for the Falcons, who went 3-9 and fired coach Mike Jinks in October.
Also fired was Doege’s brother, assistant coach Seth Doege, who played quarterback for Texas Tech from 2009 to ’12.
Doege entered the transfer portal in May after spring ball and committed to West Virginia about a week later.
— Field Level Media
