After two scholarship quarterbacks left the program in 2014, Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury isn't bracing for the same in 2015.
Davis Webb became the starter after he beat out Michael Brewer and Baker Mayfield thanks to an impressive showing in Tech's Holiday Bowl win at the end of the 2013 season. Mayfield and Brewer both transferred in the offseason as Mayfield, a former walk-on, ended up at Oklahoma and Brewer went to Virginia Tech.
There was also a quarterback transfer after the end of 2014 too. Walk-on Vincent Testaverde transferred to Miami, the school his father played at.
The preseason defections left Webb and freshman Patrick Mahomes as the top two quarterbacks in 2014. After a rocky and injury-plagued 2014, Webb is competing with Mahomes to be the starter in 2015. And Kingsbury doesn't think the loser will transfer.
“That’s a good question. Just that they all want to play,” Kingsbury said during a post-signing day stop in Dallas on Wednesday to address Tech fans. “I think both guys want to be at Texas Tech. I don’t expect to see any transfers or anything like that.”
It looks like it'll be an open competition between the two quarterbacks as well. While Webb is the incumbent, Mahomes threw for 16 touchdowns and four interceptions in his time under center. Mahomes is also a member of the baseball team and Tech is maneuvering the spring football schedule for his baseball responsibilities. The team will have 15 workouts from between February 28 and April 8 based on his baseball schedule.
Because of stadium renovations, Tech isn't having a spring game in 2015.
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