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Boyle will be looking to improve on his respectable though not eye-catching stats from three preseason appearances a year ago (26-of-53, 294 yards, three TDs, two INTs, 69.2 rating). Those numbers alone already indicated significant progress from the forgettable ones he put up in college at Connecticut and Eastern Kentucky, and now it’s up to him to continue turning his promising physical tools into production at the pro level.
Wilkins is the one in Boyle’s 2018 shoes, an undrafted rookie heading into camp fourth on the depth chart. If not for a knee injury in his final college bowl game for Arizona State, Wilkins probably would have been drafted. He has plenty of athleticism packed into his 6-2, 193-pound frame.
It might be tough for Wilkins to challenge for the No. 2 job this early, but if LaFleur structures practices in training camp the same way he did during OTAs, that’ll benefit him. During several team (11-on-11) periods this spring, two separate offense/defense groupings were going head-to-head at opposite ends of the practice field, which affords a lot more reps on a daily and weekly basis for a fourth quarterback. Even a third quarterback gets considerably more, too.