Jason Bean Named KU Football's Starting QB For Opener Vs. South Dakota
Kansas quarterback Jason Bean talks with media individuals following the football crew's preseason practice on Aug. 6, 2021. 온라인카지노
Kansas football lead trainer Lance Leipold and his staff didn't have to spend the last hours paving the way to the Jayhawks' season opener further thinking about who might be the No. 1 quarterback. KU declared Friday evening, about six hours before the opening shot, that lesser Jason Bean would begin in his introduction with the program.
Bean rose up out of a QB contest that endured all through preseason camp and stayed unsettled entering KU's down week groundwork for South Dakota. The 6-foot-3, 189-pound junior, who began already at North Texas, beat down KU's two returning beginning QBs from 2020, senior Miles Kendrick and sophomore Jalon Daniels.
Before the opposition finished, Bean as of late shared his point of view on what he displayed during August practices that could assist him with winning the work.
"I think clearly my legs, having the option to slip out of the pocket and run, and a portion of the run game stuff. I believe that has been the primary concern," Bean said. "Yet additionally having the option to toss the ball comparably well, as well."
Bean gave UNT a hurrying component as a QB last year, averaging 6.2 yards per convey and running for five scores. He began in seven of North Texas' 10 games as a redshirt sophomore prior to choosing to continue on from the Conference USA program.
The QB from Mansfield, Texas, said during his latest meeting in mid-August that he was cheerful the Jayhawks would have an unmistakable No. 1 QB entering the season.
Leipold said during his week by week public interview on Monday he felt happy with how the opposition was functioning itself out.
"I genuinely attempted to come in with unmistakably a receptive outlook of what's in store. I've sort of gone through these previously," Leipold said. "There's such a huge amount to take a gander at, that we talk probably as a staff."
The most current QB on the list — Bean joined the program early this late spring — credited Kendrick and Daniels for assisting him with hoisting his play during the preseason.
"Us being three people in the fight, I believe it's making more contest and is making it really energizing," Bean said. "Realizing you must be on your toes constantly, keeping steady over your game, considering the playbook some extra more. I believe it's incredible having more rivalry. Those folks, they're great rivalry."
Acquainted with QB fights under the steady gaze of he showed up in Lawrence, Bean was engaged with a rivalry at North Texas all through quite a bit of what might be his last season with that program. He completed 2020 with a 54.5% fulfillment rate, and tossed for 1,131 yards and 14 scores in eight appearances. Bean went 79-for-145 through the air, with five interferences.
This previous December with the Mean Green, Bean turned in two of the better factual rounds of his profession. He went 17-for-30 passing in a misfortune to Louisiana Tech, tossing for 231 yards, with three TDs and one interference. In his last game in an UNT uniform, Bean completed 21-for-36 through the air, for 251 yards, two TDs and an interference in a bowl misfortune to Appalachian State.