Current:Home > FinanceTyler Buchner, not Jalen Milroe, expected to be starting QB for Alabama vs. South Florida -GrowthInsight
Tyler Buchner, not Jalen Milroe, expected to be starting QB for Alabama vs. South Florida
View
Date:2025-04-15 19:03:03
Alabama football is expected to make a quarterback change for the South Florida game.
Tyler Buchner is expected to get the start against the Bulls, people with knowledge of the situation told The Tuscaloosa News. Jalen Milroe has started the first two games of the season for the Crimson Tide.
Buchner transferred to Alabama after the spring from Notre Dame. He worked with Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Tommy Rees during their time in South Bend, Indiana. Buchner was the second quarterback to enter the season opener against Middle Tennessee after Milroe's day was done and the game was in hand. Buchner went 3-for-5 for 27 yards in the passing game with a 9-yard rushing touchdown.
Coach Nick Saban hinted at the move throughout the week after the Texas loss.
WEEK 3 GAMES TO WATCH: SEC showdowns lead the way
"We evaluate every position every week," Saban said Wednesday on the SEC coaches teleconference. "If guys want security in their position, they need to play well. Everybody on our team knows that. I think everybody has responded in a positive way to try to get better and improve and we'll constantly evaluate that position as we do every position."
Saban said after Alabama's loss to Texas that he did consider playing multiple quarterbacks, but Milroe then put a drive together for a touchdown to give Alabama the lead.
Milroe has thrown for five touchdowns and rushed for two, but he also had thrown two interceptions, both of which came against Texas.
veryGood! (235)
Related
- NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
- Labor union asks federal regulators to oversee South Carolina workplace safety program
- A small police department in Minnesota’s north woods offers free canoes to help recruit new officers
- Man arrested after Target gift cards tampered with in California, shoppers warned
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- California man arrested for punching 60-year-old pushing a baby, also a suspect in attack of minor
- San Diego police officer and suspect shot in supermarket parking lot during investigation
- Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho pleads not guilty to Arizona murder conspiracy charges
- NCAA President Charlie Baker would be 'shocked' if women's tournament revenue units isn't passed
- What to know about Hanukkah and how it's celebrated around the world
Ranking
- Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
- South Carolina’s top cop Keel wants another 6 years, but he has to retire for 30 days first
- Tampa teen faces murder charge in mass shooting on Halloween weekend
- Key events in Vladimir Putin’s more than two decades in power in Russia
- PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day Wednesday August 7, 2024
- 5 tech mistakes that can leave you vulnerable to hackers
- Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho pleads not guilty to Arizona murder conspiracy charges
- Kremlin foe Navalny’s lawyers to remain in detention at least through mid-March, Russian court rules
Recommendation
Big Lots store closures could exceed 300 nationwide, discount chain reveals in filing
'Peaky Blinders' actor, poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah dead at 65
Selena Gomez Debuts “B” Ring Amid Benny Blanco Romance Rumors
Virginia expects to wipe out pandemic unemployment backlog next summer
Olympic disqualification of gold medal hopeful exposes 'dark side' of women's wrestling
Medicare open enrollment ends today. Ignoring the deadline could cost you
Las Cruces police officer indicted for voluntary manslaughter in fatal 2022 shooting of a Black man
Construction of a cable to connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is set to start next year