Five High Profile Quarterback Battles That Will Resume In Preseason
Alabama Crimson Tide and Tennessee Volunteers among those with quarterback competitions that will continue to play out in fall camp, and perhaps longer.
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - Keelon Russell of the Alabama Crimson Tide warms up prior to facing the Tennessee Volunteers at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 18, 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Getty Images With the elimination of the spring transfer window, quarterback competitions that took place in the spring will carry over into preseason camp in identical fashion, barring injury.
No new faces will enter quarterback rooms during the summer months and alter, or take over, the depth chart heading into the new season. A few competitions, if indeed there was much competition, worked themselves out during the spring. Dabo Swinney, for example, has a fourth-year player in Christopher Vizzina, who made one start for Clemson last season and had more than 100 pass attempts in two years behind Cade Klubnik.
It appears it is his job to lose . In Tallahassee, Mike Norvell noted after the Seminoles’ final spring practice that the time was not right to name a starter among Auburn transfer and former Stanford signal caller Ashton Daniels, and Kevin Sperry, who backed up Thomas Castellanos (now with the Miami Dolphins) last season. A week later, Daniels was given the job .
There are few notable starting jobs that have yet to be called and will be a primary storyline when preseason camp commences in August. Alabama Austin Mack or Keelon Russell will take over in Tuscaloosa for a first-round pick. Who would have guessed that?
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