How Lincoln Kienholz can change Jeff Brohm's Louisville offense at QB
Louisville football coach Jeff Brohm has always had pass-first quarterbacks. How he's altering some of his offensive gameplan for Lincoln Kienholz.
Lamar Jackson is Louisville football’s most prolific, iconic player. The 2016 Heisman winner’s most memorable plays from his time with the Cardinals are too many to count — there was the time he almost took down Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers, the leap over the Syracuse defender and the destruction of second-ranked Florida State. Despite some attempts to pigeonhole him and his abilities, Jackson established himself as a true dual-threat quarterback.
Malik Cunningham , Jackson’s successor, was also mobile and is second only to Jackson in Louisville’s record books for most career total yards of offense. Having a mobile quarterback seemed to have become a thing of the past under Jeff Brohm . But this year, Louisville is embracing a dual-threat quarterback after signing Ohio State transfer Lincoln Kienholz .
He didn’t play much with the Buckeyes but averaged 6. 0 yards per carry in addition to totaling 139 passing yards over seven games. That included 37 yards on three carries in the second half of Ohio State’s 42-9 win over Rutgers.
“I envision us using his legs, using his athleticism in some of the QB run game, read game, read option game,” offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Brohm said of Kienholz. “He can do all those things that maybe we haven't done as much in the past, but he adds an extra element to the offense that we haven't had. ” Adding in more quarterback run plays not only spreads out the offense but also takes some pressure off the running backs, something Isaac Brown said he’s happy to have.
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