Football Knight: Quinton Flowers seeks spring growth toward USF starting role

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Quinton Flowers seeks spring growth toward USF starting role

 

Joey Knight, Times Staff Writer

Friday, March 27, 2015 10:42am

 

TAMPA — These days, USF's annual spring game is stretched into a multilayered event preceded by an alumni flag football contest, game-week hospital visits, an intrasquad draft and even a free agent period.

 

Among the four free agents selected before this spring's draft: rising sophomore quarterback Quinton Flowers, who will lead the White team. Four months after a mostly shaky collegiate debut last fall, Flowers has shown crisper passes and more compatibility with the Bulls' new spread, no-huddle approach.

 

In USF's abbreviated free agency window, he was the only quarterback picked.

 

"It's fire," wideout Ryeshene Bronson said of Flowers' velocity. "I like it."

 

Biggest question now is, will Flowers be Willie Taggart's top choice as well? Barring a meltdown in today's glorified scrimmage, which Taggart said will not in itself determine the No. 1 guy entering the summer, all signs say yes.

 

In most practices over the last month, Flowers has taken the first snaps, followed by ...

 

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Flowers looked respectable IMO. 2-3 passes behind the receiver scared me a little, one almost for a pick, but he looked comfortable running the O. Didn't see too much flash in his run game, but with a handful of exceptions the D did well in stopping the run game yesterday.