‘I think everybody knows who it is’: Tech’s QB coach relying on honest approach to starting competition | Virginia Tech

Tech’s coaching employees opted in opposition to naming him the starter coming out of camp, but quarterbacks mentor Brad Glenn stated there ended up a series of “healthy discussions” about the subject.

The Marshall transfer had a splashy overall performance in the spring video game taking part in in front of 23,000-plus followers at Lane Stadium — he threw for 178 yards (11 of 21) with two touchdowns to guide the Maroon Workforce to a 26-10 acquire — and that was an extension of how he practiced in the months main up to the exhibition.

“I feel we all mentioned this — if there’s a definite just one, let us do it,” Glenn reported of naming a starter. “And we didn’t close up undertaking it, but I assume every person understands who it is, and I consider the locker place is aware of who it is.”

Glenn did not have any reservations about currently being forthright on the subject matter. He’s handled internal discussions with Wells and South Carolina quarterback Jason Brown the similar way.

That sincere solution is how Glenn dealt with recruiting them out of the transfer portal concurrently, a to start with for the longtime assistant coach. It was not an accident in January when they announced their verbal commitments at the exact time.

According to Glenn, Wells will open drop camp taking the greater part of the to start with group reps whilst Brown will function with the twos. Glenn will break up the first- and second-workforce reps “50-50” as he’s accomplished through his occupation.

Wells and Brown commenced acquiring the vast majority of the 1st-team function in the spring midway as a result of camp. Connor Blumrick, Tech’s other veteran quarterback, moved to a hybrid restricted close part close to the exact same time when Tahj Bullock and Devin Farrell continue to be in a developmental stage.

How did Wells jump to the front of the line? There ended up lots of elements Glenn detailed — his stunning mobility, his arm power and deep ball accuracy, the two many years of beginning encounter he acquired at Marshall and a clean transition into a management role as a midyear enrollee — but it went outside of that.

It was the exact matter Glenn noticed when scouting Wells for the duration of his time in the transfer portal.

“Sometimes you just know,” Glenn reported. “Like, in some cases even when I’m recruiting superior college men, they all have expertise. And from time to time I cannot just put my finger on what it is, and I just enjoy them and I know, ‘Hey, that person has it. That male just fits my eyes with what I’m searching for in a quarterback.’ And he had it.”