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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Coming off of a very successful first year under head coach Jeff Brohm, the Louisville football program will be looking to try and replicate said success from the 2023 season, if not more, in 2024. But if the Cardinals are to reach 10 wins or get back to the ACC Championship again, they’ll have to do so with a new starting quarterback under center.

With Jack Plummer officially exhausting his eligibility, the Cardinals are handing the keys to the offense over to Tyler Shough, who joined Louisville earlier this offseason after spending the first six years of his collegiate career split between Oregon and Texas Tech.

While Shough comes with a bit of an injury history, he gives Louisville a very high talent upside. In 26 combined career games with the Ducks and Red Raiders, he has completed 63.2 percent of his throws for 4,625 yards and 36 touchdowns to 17 interceptions, along with 714 yards and 10 scores on the ground.

But while Shough is the heavy favorite to be QB1 when Louisville kicks off their 2024 season against Austin Peay on Aug. 31 at Cardinal Stadium, Brohm recognizes the importance of continuing to develop the entire quarterback room.

“(Shough)’s been a good leader to this point,” head coach Jeff Brohm said. “We want to continue to push that position and make sure that Pierce (Clarkson) and Harrison (Bailey) and Brady (Allen) and all the components we have in that position are getting better because at some point you’re going to need them all.”

Fortunately, Shough also subscribes to this notion. Not only does he believe that the success of the team directly correlates to the success of the quarterback room as a whole, he believes it is equally as important for the position to have a high level of camaraderie as well as competition.

“I think the number one thing in a successful team is the camaraderie, and the gelling of those guys on the team – especially to the quarterback room, because you drive a lot of success,” Shough said. “You have the ball in your hand a lot of the time. So whenever the team sees that, we’re working hard, we’re competing together, we’re having a lot of energy. I think everybody else can feed off of that as well, and it’s no different here. We all come from different places, different backgrounds, but we all know what we’re trying to do, what we’re trying to accomplish and we like to have fun.”