“It’ll hopefully free us up a tad.”

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Last season, when Drew Barker went down, it was Stephen Johnson thrown into the fire.

Luckily, the JUCO had experience and was ready to accept the challenge of playing quarterback in the SEC.

Now, you have Johnson and Barker…plus Gunnar Hoak who impressed in the spring.

Not to mention Luke Wright, Danny Clark and Walker Wood.  There’s more than a handful of guys now behind center competing for time.

Head coach Mark Stoops says, that’s a good thing.

Hear from coach in the video on the QB depth being able to free up the play calling “a tad” in 2017.