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UCF Knights head football coach Josh Heupel announced via Twitter that redshirt senior Brandon Wimbush, the grad transfer from Notre Dame, will start the team’s 2019 opener on Thursday, August 29th against Florida A&M.
Official statement from Coach Heup on the QBs leading into 2019 pic.twitter.com/5Nk084GDGu
— UCF Football (@UCF_Football) August 22, 2019
Based on the tweet, it’s likely Dillon Gabriel, the true freshman from Miliani High School in Hawai’i, will see plenty of action.
Wimbush’s career stats are below:
Brandon Wimbush’s Career Stats
| Year | G | Com | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | G | Com | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 12 | 136 | 275 | 49.5% | 1870 | 16 | 6 | 140 | 804 | 5.7 | 14 |
| 2018 | 6 | 54 | 102 | 52.9% | 719 | 4 | 6 | 68 | 256 | 3.8 | 1 |
| Career | 20 | 193 | 382 | 50.5% | 2606 | 20 | 21 | 215 | 1156 | 5.4 | 16 |
Kickoff for the Knights’ opener is set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Spectrum Stadium. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.