Texas A&M is opening up its quarterbacking competition

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said Tuesday that he’s opening up the quarterbacking competition after starter Kyle Allen's struggles in the past two games.

Allen, Kyler Murray and Jake Hubenak will compete for the starting role this week and Sumlin said he’d name a starter Friday for Saturday’s game against South Carolina.

In the past two games — both losses — Allen has thrown four interceptions
and just one touchdown pass. Three of those interceptions went for touchdowns against Alabama.

The offense that was steamrolling opponents at the beginning of the year has been almost nonexistent during the past couple weeks. Allen completed just 35.3 percent of his passes in last week’s 23-3 loss to Ole Miss before being benched in the fourth quarter.

Murray has appeared in five games but did not play against Ole Miss for what Sumlin declared was a disappointing week of practice. However, several reports said Murray lashed out at offensive coordinator Jake Spivatal during thr loss to Alabama. Murray apologized the following Monday, but he didn’t even warm up against Ole Miss.

Murray has shown he's a fast and elusive runner, but his grasp of A&M’s passing offense isn’t quite there yet. He’s completed 17 of 31 passes for 167 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.

Hubenak, who played the fourth quarter against Ole Miss and completed 6 of 11 passes for 46 yards, had terrific numbers as a junior college player at Blinn. He completed 216 of 333 passes for 4,052 yards and 47 touchdowns with just nine interceptions in eight games.

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