Kentucky Football head coach Mark Stoops talks to the media as well as announces the starting Quarterback for the upcoming season.
Patrick Towles discusses his role after being named starting quarterback for the University of Kentucky.
Check out the quotes from Stoops and Towles below from UKAthletics.com:
“It was a good battle,” Stoops said. “Drew did some very good things, but once again Patrick played exceptional on Saturday. So, really encouraged with his progress.”
Towles returns to the role filled last season after a similar competition with Reese Phillips and Barker. The redshirt junior started all 12 games in 2014, completing 225-of-393 passes for 2,718 yards and accounting for 20 total touchdowns.
It was almost exactly a year ago when Stoops revealed to Towles he had first won the starting job. Towles was elated upon hearing the news last season, but he was more subdued this time.
“I guess it was more reassuring, that I had been playing at the level that I thought I had,” Towles said. “But now we’re looking forward. We’re excited about where we’re at and we’re excited about where we’re going. Now all our focus is toward (UL) Lafayette.”
Towles’ reaction is indicative of the approach he’s taken to fighting for the job he’s now won. He has been calm and focused throughout, confident in his own abilities yet constantly pursuing improvement.
“You can’t get in the habit of seeing how other people are playing or anything like that,” Towles said. “If you start worrying about other people, you’re not gonna improve the way you want to. You got to take a very proactive approach. Even if the competition is close or even if I was leading or Drew was leading, you’ve got to take it in the perspective of, ‘Hey, today I got a lot of work to do. I got to go a long way today.’ And if you go a long way every day, then you’re gonna get somewhere. And I think I did that.”
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