Howard Bison mulls options at quarterback

COURTESY HOWARD UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the last four seasons, the Howard football team had stability at quarterback thanks to Greg McGhee. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s all-time leader in total offense combined leadership and smart decision-making with a flair for the dramatic, often improvising to turn broken plays into long gains.

He was a player in the likeness of offensive coordinator Ted White, the former Bison quarterback who helped tutor McGhee and had held many of the records his star pupil broke. That first-hand experience gives White uncommon insight into what goes into developing a standout quarterback beyond such things as arm strength and accuracy.

There’s an intangible quality too, what Bison Coach Gary Harrell refers to as the “It Factor.” McGhee, he said, had that in excess.

Harrell and White, though, aren’t seeking the next McGhee to emerge from among the four quarterbacks competing for the starting job this season, which will begin Saturday with a visit to Appalachian State.

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