The 2014 season began with Kenny “Trill™” Hill being mentioned alongside other Heisman Trophy contenders. It could, though, end with a performance-based benching.
Officially, Texas A&M will not name a starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Louisiana-Monroe until shortly before kickoff. Unofficially, a change is in the offing at the most important position on the football field as both the CBS affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth and Billy Liucci of TexAgs.com are reporting that Kyle Allen will get the start in the non-conference home game.
Hill tossed six interceptions in the last two losses to Alabama and Ole Miss, leading to the quarterback competition being opened up yet again during the Aggies’ bye week. He had been named as Johnny Manziel‘s successor in mid-August after a fight with Allen that began in the spring and continued on into summer camp.
Should Allen start against ULM, he’d hit the field with as impressive an on-paper pedigree as any player in the country. Allen came to College Station this season as a five-star member of the Aggies’ 2014 recruiting class, rated as the No. 1 pro-style quarterback in the country and the No. 7 player at any position.
Allen has thrown passes in four of eight games this season, going 23-38 for 264 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.