Pirates coach Jerry Holmes says the team is paper thin at the QB position behind Bynes with freshman Darius Jackson, redshirt freshman Devon Jarrett and freshman Blake Tillis.
Herbert Bynes (6-4/236) threw 15 passes last season, but says he's prepared to lead the Pirates.
HAMPTON, VA - He threw touchdown passes, then chucked screens at his receiver's shoetops. He picked up blitzes, but was only saved from a sack in the end zone by his red no-contact jersey. Herbert Bynes' debut as Hampton University's starting quarterback in the Pirates' annual Blue-White scrimmage on Saturday had its ups and downs, but overall, the early returns were good.
"He's a general," said senior wide receiver Kevin Teel, who hauled in a 15-yard bullet from Bynes in the end zone on the quarterback's fifth offensive series. "(It's) definitely his team now. His reign." It's a position Bynes, a redshirt sophomore who threw for 114 yards in three games last season as T.J. Mitchell's understudy, wasn't expecting to fill. But when Mitchell, who threw for 2,309 yards and 17 TDs last year, was ruled academically ineligible this season, Bynes suddenly became the only QB option with HU experience.
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I won't feel sorry for the Pirates for one moment... They are loaded with size, talent and speed on both sides of the football and the Pirates will continue to run Joe Taylor's offense and defenses, successfully. How many of you can name the back up quarterbacks to Steve McNair or Doug Williams? Bynes will burn every defense he faces in 2008, and Hampton will have a very solid year with Holmes working in Joe's shadow...
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