FWST: TCU position outlook: Air Raid sets up quarterbacks for success

The Star-Telegram takes a look at the 2016 TCU football team position-by-position as the season approaches. The first game is at 7 p.m. Sept. 3 vs. South Dakota State at Amon G. Carter Stadium.

Like two years ago, TCU is trying to pick a starter out of a two-man race. In 2014, part-timer Trevone Boykin emerged in a competition with Texas A&M transfer Matt Joeckel. This year, another A&M transfer, Kenny Hill, is vying for the spot against sophomore Foster Sawyer.

Hill has more game experience, but it has been two years since he played a competitive game. Sawyer has a prototype NFL quarterback build and has two years of work with quarterbacks coach Sonny Cumbie.

Whoever is named the starter gets the keys to an Air Raid offense that set TCU offensive records for two years with Boykin. The first two weeks of fall camp apparently produced little separation. “It’s been a great battle, to be honest with you,” coach Gary Patterson said.