Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Austin Howard back in the race for Southern starting QB job

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- It must be something in the water in Edgard. Southern University freshman quarterback Austin Howard, from West St. John High in Edgard, looked pretty seasoned in the Jaguars opener against the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.

Coming off the bench, he completed 18 of 31 passes for 181 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions in the Jaguars' 45-6 loss to UL-Lafayette.

Howard's precision passes resembled those of another West St. John product, Dray Joseph, the previous Southern quarterback who led the Jaguars to the 2013 SWAC Championship before his eligibility expired.

Howard's performance puts the Jaguars back at square one in the search for a starter. Redshirt freshman Deonte Shorts started Saturday's game but Howard, who came in the first quarter on Southern's third drive, got most of the snaps.



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