DeKALB – He’s technically still a freshman.
But in his second year with the NIU football team, Josh Holst finds himself in the middle of a competition for the starting quarterback job for the Huskies after one season as a QB on the scout team.
“Coming in last year, I was the young guy with a bunch of old people in the room,” the 6-foot-4, 192-pound redshirt freshman from Marengo said. “Now only me and Ethan [Hampton] are the only two, everyone else is new here. Everyone in the room is really cool. It’s really fun to be in that race and compete with all the other quarterbacks. It makes me better.”
Coach Thomas Hammock said Holst, Hampton and Arkansas-Pine Bluff transfer Jalen Macon are locked in a battle for the starting job when the season kicks off Aug. 31 against Western Illinois in DeKalb. The team is trying to replace Rocky Lombardi, who in three years with the Huskies led them to a MAC title and bowl win.
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