Coaches want a competition to make the best QB better. We know Rising won the job last August, however, now as we look back he simply had to beat out Bentley and Lisk. Rising could be very good but there is a very big gap between the two he beat out and what we need. Possibly, he is much, much better than Bentley. I do not consider his short time playing against USC as good information. Our team had so many setbacks getting into the first game.
Brewer, I expect has held off much better QBs to win the job at Baylor. He also has experience that is magnitudes beyond the combination of all the other QBs. Could be considered the frontrunner, however, Whitt will not entertain that. The team will know half way thru fall practice.
Jackson figures in and will do so thru the season. If he also plays an H back, Utah can go to wildcat without substitution. He will be most effective if he is a threat to throw. He will get snaps even without winning the QB1 job.
A significant decision assuming Brewer wins the job will be QB2 which may have an impact on Rising and Costelli going forward, If Utah generates enough minutes with comfortable leads, we may get a chance to see all of them. No worries, whoever becomes QB1 will likely be a very good Pac QB.