Tony Elliott has officially announced Anthony Colandrea to be Virginia’s starting quarterback in the Cavaliers' season opener against Richmond
After a long fall camp of competition between quarterbacks Tony Muskett and Anthony Colandrea, Tony Elliott has given the nod to sophomore Anthony Colandrea to command theoffense against Richmond. Elliott named Colandrea as UVA's starting quarterback for next Saturday's season opener against Richmond in a press release on Saturday morning.
All of camp, this quarterback battle has been classified as extremely contentious, with the two quarterbacks giving it their all, pushing each other every day for the starting job. Throughout camp, both Colandrea and Muskett alternated practicing with the first-team offense to allow them both to develop chemistry with the starting group headed into the opening day of the season.
With Colandrea set to start, he will look to build on his historic first season, where he broke the UVA freshman single-season records for completions , passing yards , and total offense . Colandrea also threw for 13 touchdowns and nine interceptions throughout the eight games he featured in. Last season, Colandrea was the story of camp pushing Muskett for the starting job.
Colandrea also had the statistical edge last season over Muskett in completion percentage, touchdown-to-interception ratio, and yards per attempt. He also had the better "best performance" with Colandrea’s best game last season coming against Duke, where he threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions.
With that said, Colandrea will lead the Cavaliers in their home opener against Richmond on Saturday, August 31st, at 6pm.Aidan Baller is a contributing author for CavaliersNow, covering primarily UVA men's lacrosse, men's basketball, and soccer. Aidan is currently a second-year student at the University of Virginia.
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