By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
HAYS – Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown was mum Monday when asked who will start at quarterback when the Tigers open the 2024 season Thursday night at home against No. 24 Angelo State.
“You’ll see QB one on snap one and uh you’ll probably see the other one come in as well.”
Brown made the comments at his first weekly news conference of the season.
“There’s a good chance we kind of know who it is but we don’t want to throw it out there yest because they’re both pretty darn good and they’re both still competing for that job.”
Jack Dawson started all 11 games last season as a redshirt sophomore and was named All-MIAA Third Team after passing for 2,832 yards which ranked 17th in Division II and was the sixth most passing yards in a season at FHSU.
Dawson has been pushed by redshirt sophomore Caleb Heavner who appeared in three games last season.
Brown hinted that both could play on Thursday.
“It just kind of depends on how the game is going but we’ll figure out snap one and that will be our guy.” Brown said. “We still got a lot of competition going on there right now.”
The Tigers and Rams kickoff Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Lewis Field.