David Cutcliffe Announces That Chase Brice Is The Starting Quarterback For Duke Instead Of Gunnar Holmberg, Chris Katrenick
David Cutcliffe who is the head coach of Duke had three quarterbacks he could choose from to run the Duke offense this season for Duke when the season begins!
When?
Saturday!
In South Bend Indiana verses Notre Dame who is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in every sport with the exception coming on the gridiron were they’re independent!
Who were they?
Chase Brice , Gunnar Holmberg or Chris Katrenick .
Though,
Chase Brice hasn’t taken a snap yet for Duke though in a regular season game.
Why?
Because the Redshirt Junior transferred to Duke who is a member of the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference
From where?
Clemson who unlike Duke is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
During his tenure at Clemson under the direction of Dabo Swinney Chase Brice played in 25 career games, completed 82-of-136 passes for 1,023 yards with nine touchdowns and four interceptions ... also recorded 30 career carries for 187 yards with a rushing touchdown ... was an unsung hero of Clemson’s 2018 national championship campaign, entering in relief in a 27-23 come-from-behind victory against Syracuse to preserve what would become Clemson’s perfect 15-0 campaign ... in 2018, posted a career-best 6-of-7 passing performance for 110 yards and three touchdowns against Louisville ... registered another 100-yard passing performance (5-of-7 for 106 yards) against No. 22 Virginia in the 2019 ACC Championship Game, where he recorded a career-long 57-yard pass to Frank Ladson Jr. in the fourth quarter ... threw a career-long 37-yard touchdown pass vs. Charlotte in 2019 ... earned a career-long 28-yard rush in the 2018 ACC Championship game versus Pittsburgh ... on the field for 384 snaps. “according to https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/chase-brice/16288
In 2017 at Clemson Chase Brice didn’t see the gridiron !
In 2018 that changed!
Chase Brice was an ACC Honor Roll selection ... in 12 games, completed 32-of-51 passes with five touchdowns and three interceptions ... added 93 yards on 16 carries … completed 3-of-4 passes for 13 yards and rushed twice for six yards in career debut vs. Furman … was 2-of-2 for 24 yards against Georgia Southern … entered in relief of an injured Trevor Lawrence against Syracuse and completed 7-of-13 passes for 83 yards, while helping engineer a 13-play, 94-yard game-winning drive to overcome a double-digit fourth quarter deficit in the win … earned team co-offensive player of the week honors for that performance … was a perfect 4-of-4 for 50 yards and the first touchdown pass of his career at Wake Forest … completed 6-of-9 passes for 72 yards vs. No. 16 NC State … went 4-of-7 for 90 yards with one touchdown and one interception at Florida State … completed 6-of-7 passes and posted season highs in passing yards (110) and passing touchdowns (three) vs. Louisville … rushed three times for 23 yards against Duke … recorded a season-long 28-yard rush in ACC Championship Game against Pitt … gained 31 yards on two carries vs. No. 3 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl … entered the game for one carry against No. 1 Alabama in the National Championship Game ... on the field for 174 snaps.
In 2019 in over 13 games Chase Brice completed , completed 50-of-85 passes (129.42 efficiency rating) for 581 yards (44.7 avg./g) with four touchdowns ... rushed 14 times for 94 yards with a touchdown … completed 5-of-7 passes for 53 yards and a touchdown vs. Georgia Tech … went 1-of-3 passing and added a 16-yard rush at Syracuse … completed 5-of-7 passes for 85 yards with a 37-yard touchdown pass vs. Charlotte … completed 5-of-9 passes for 35 yards and rushed twice for 10 yards vs. Florida State … completed 2-of-3 passes for 20 yards at Louisville … threw for 97 yards and a touchdown on 8-of-16 passing vs. Boston College … completed 7-of-11 passes for 65 yards and added an 18-yard rush vs. Wofford … completed 5-of-9 passes for 27 yards and rushed twice for 17 yards at NC State … completed 5-of-8 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown vs. Wake Forest … completed 2-of-5 passes for 21 yards at South Carolina … completed 5-of-7 passes for 106 yards and rushed twice for eight yards including his first career rushing touchdown vs. No. 22 Virginia in the ACC Championship Game ... on the field for 210 snaps.
Gunnar Holmberg is a redshirt Sophomore and unlike Chase Brice has been at Duke his whole career. However, Unlike Chase Brice though Gunnar Holmberg has only played in one career game. where he played three snaps and one career rushing attempt attempt for 19 yards “according to https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/gunnar-holmberg/16159 while his teammate Chris Katrenick is a redishirt junior like Chase Brice who transferred from Clemson to Duke though unlike Chase Brice Chris Katrenick has only played in seven career games. In those seven games Chris Katrenick mpleted eight-of-25 passes (.320) for 103 yards and two TDs with one INT, while rushing seven times for 50 yards (7.1) ... has played 114 career snaps . “according to https://goduke.com/sports/football/roster/chris-katrenick/16249
Recently,
Head Coach David Cutcliffe announced his decision as to who would be running the offense for Duke this season!
Who is it?
Chase Brice who transferred from Clemson!
Why did David Cucliffe choose Chase Brice over Gunnar Holmberg and Chris Katenick to run Duke’s offense?
Because he made plays at the highest rate. “according to https://goduke.com/news/2020/9/6/football-cutcliffe-names-chase-brice-starting-qb.aspx