Joseph edges Douglas in QB battle at Southern scrimmage

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Southern football coach Stump Mitchell didn’t waste much time getting to the point.

There were many topics of discussion after the Jaguars’ first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday, but Mitchell cut straight to the one on SU fans’ minds: the quarterback battle between Dray Joseph and J.P. Douglas.

“I thought Dray played the best — and I know that’s what everybody wants to know — out of the two quarterbacks,” Mitchell said. “J.P. made some mental errors, and he just has to do what we ask him to do and not try too much.”

Joseph was a surprise participant after being held out of Friday’s practice with a blister on his right big toe, but the junior wasn’t about to hand Douglas a day with the spotlight to himself.

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