Post by CrimsonPhantom on Jul 20, 2017 16:11:36 GMT -7
LAS CRUCES — New Mexico State quarterback Tyler Rogers was thrown in the fire in 2015.
Aggies head coach Doug Martin won't be in that situation in the future. There are four quarterbacks behind Rogers as the Aggies enter fall camp at the end of the month — a redshirt junior with four starts under his belt and three freshmen.
"I have the time to work with those guys," Martin said. "Tyler was kind of thrown in there ready or not and he probably wasn't ready that first year."
Martin plans to redshirt freshmen quarterbacks Josh Adkins from San Antonio, Jeremy Hodge from Dallas and Cameron Matthews from Crowley, Texas and enter the season with redshirt junior Nick Jeanty backing up Rogers.
"Nick continues to get better and I feel really good about him right now," Martin said. "We will be live all spring and all the way through next summer."
Although they won't see the field in 2017, Martin wants to groom them as much as possible so they are ready to compete with Jeanty for a starting job in the spring.
"The weight room is the No. 1 thing for all of those guys," Martin said. "This is the year for them to learn the offense and when they aren't getting reps in practice, to take advantage of the mental reps. I want all three of them to travel with us throughout the year so they can see what that is all like so they will be ready to go."
Hodge and Adkins have been in Las Cruces for less than a month while Matthews was a greyshirt last season, which allowed him to practice this spring.
Aggies head coach Doug Martin won't be in that situation in the future. There are four quarterbacks behind Rogers as the Aggies enter fall camp at the end of the month — a redshirt junior with four starts under his belt and three freshmen.
"I have the time to work with those guys," Martin said. "Tyler was kind of thrown in there ready or not and he probably wasn't ready that first year."
Martin plans to redshirt freshmen quarterbacks Josh Adkins from San Antonio, Jeremy Hodge from Dallas and Cameron Matthews from Crowley, Texas and enter the season with redshirt junior Nick Jeanty backing up Rogers.
"Nick continues to get better and I feel really good about him right now," Martin said. "We will be live all spring and all the way through next summer."
Although they won't see the field in 2017, Martin wants to groom them as much as possible so they are ready to compete with Jeanty for a starting job in the spring.
"The weight room is the No. 1 thing for all of those guys," Martin said. "This is the year for them to learn the offense and when they aren't getting reps in practice, to take advantage of the mental reps. I want all three of them to travel with us throughout the year so they can see what that is all like so they will be ready to go."
Hodge and Adkins have been in Las Cruces for less than a month while Matthews was a greyshirt last season, which allowed him to practice this spring.
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