Head Coach Hue Jackson named rookie quarterback Deshone Kizer the starter yesterday for the team’s first regular season game against Pittsburgh.
He moved up on the depth chart after the first two preseason games until he was named the starter for the Browns’ third preseason game at Tampa Bay.
Kizer went 25-49 with 351 yards and one touchdown pass through the first three preseason games.
“This is awesome,” Kizer said about being named the Browns’ starting quarterback.
“Obviously, it was an awesome opportunity to start in the preseason game, but now to know that I will be the guy heading into the season that will help lead this team to a couple of wins is obviously a really cool experience.”
Kizer also talked about the process in which Hue Jackson told him he would start.
“Coach Jackson last week when he called to tell me I was going to start for Tampa, he just let me know that if all things went as planned that I would be the guy heading into the season.”
“After a good week of practice and obviously going out and growing a little more in this Tampa game, it kind of fell in line.”
Earlier this year, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelley said that Deshone Kizer wasn’t ready for the NFL.
“Once again, everything we have talked about is a bunch of opinions,” the rookie quarterback said.
“This is a situation in which I was able to step out here with a great coaching staff, an awesome team around me and develop my game to become a better football player.
I can truly say that in these last four months I feel very confident that I have become a lot better and my development is headed in the right direction.
Obviously, my next step now is preparing for our fourth preseason game.
Whether I am out there or not, I know that these are great reps in preparation for the upcoming season and obviously getting ready for Pittsburgh after that.”
The Browns play at Chicago on Thursday and it is currently unknown if Kizer will be playing in it.
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