Brent Key talks Georgia Tech quarterback battle after first fall practice

Key and Georgia Tech opened fall camp today

Georgia Tech opened fall camp this afternoon and it is the first under head coach Brent Key. There is plenty of competition at positions this fall for Georgia Tech, but there is one that most are going to be focused on and that is the quarterback battle. 

The Georgia Tech quarterback battle was the focus of spring practice as well and Key had to answer plenty of questions about his quarterbacks then. That did not change today as Key was asked how the quarterbacks looked today and this is what he had to say: 

"With the quarterback situation, we have a great battle between three guys that have college experience, college game experience, big-time game experience. We are as fortunate as any team in the country in terms of the depth we have at that position and right now it is a lot of installation and a lot of routes on air, those kinds of things, getting timing down. 

Like I have said before, it is different when you have the helmets on and the cleats as opposed in the summer and doing 7-on-7's. Every day is an evaluation of those guys, how they do in team periods, how they do off the field, how they transition from one play to the other. We have a good thing to have right now and that is experience and that is probably the same answer that I am going to give for the next three weeks. Don't plan on an announcement coming anytime soon"

Brent Key talked about the quarterback battle after practice today / Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

This is consistent with how Key has talked about the position before, dating back to the spring: 

"It is a competition for sure. It really is. Zach has experience playing games here and Haynes has played games somewhere else and both of the Zachs... when there is a familiarity with the guys around you, it puts the guys on offense at ease a little. It is a voice they recognize, a cadence, rhythmatic coming from that person so there is a familiarity that both of the Zachs came in with.

I think all three have strengths and all three have things they need to continue to work on but all have shown at different times and in different situations, the poise and the ability to take advantage and execute what we want them to do. Now, as the situational part of the game really kicks up as this week continues to go on and through the scrimmage on Saturday, that is where you really have to see the command really start to take place and then as tempo starts to increase, increase, and increase, it is the ability to play at a high level and tempo on offense and play really fast but that quarterback have that command and control of the offense and keep them calm while they are doing it.

I have been pleased with the progression of all three of them. Buster (Faulkner) does a really good job... it was the first time on the headsets hearing him call an entire game so that was good for me to hear how he calls it, the flow of the game and how he really adapts how he calls it with each quarterback that is in there so it puts them in position to make plays and take advantage of our strengths and make sure we stay away and kind of disguise and hide some of our inefficiencies."

While Key is not going to disclose a winner, there will be plenty of speculation going forward about who starts under center in the first game against Louisville on Sept. 1st 

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