As Bulldogs’ quarterbacks push forward, Raquet not looking back on transferring out

Fresno State will run through some live scrimmage work on Saturday, providing Jorge Reyna, Ben Wooldridge and Steven Comstock opportunities to string together some positive plays and take hold of the quarterback competition.

That was a difficult task in the Bulldogs’ first scrimmage when working behind a banged-up offensive line, which led to a myriad of protection issues.

That offensive line group still is not back to full health, but closer at least with Quiero Woodley back in practice and Tyrone Sampson this week starting to take reps, working his way back from a knee injury suffered last season.

“It’s another opportunity to get out here and have a situational practice where we get a chance to cut them loose a little bit,” coach Jeff Tedford said.

The quarterback competition has not yet heated up all that much.

But Hunter Raquet, who was a highly-regarded recruit from Monterey Peninsula College and in that position group when Fresno State opened spring practices, isn’t looking back after transferring out of the program.

“I’m just going to move on from here,” he said.

Raquet, who participated in the Bulldogs’ first spring practice and was gone before the next, withdrew from classes at Fresno State. He plans to finish the spring semester back at Monterey Peninsula College, play football there in the fall and graduate in December. He then would be able to transfer to a Division I school in time to participate in spring practices as a junior with two years of eligibility remaining.

His decision, he said, had nothing to do with former offensive coordinator Kalen DeBoer leaving Fresno State to become coordinator at Indiana.

“I heard people say I was going to Indiana with him, but that was never the plan,” he said.

It had nothing to do with the quarterback competition.

It was more a fit issue with the team and program.

“It was awkward timing, but that’s what happened,” Raquet said. “In the end it wasn’t the right fit for me and that’s all it is …

“For my next recruiting process I’ll take my time and I’ll visit the schools, visit the coaching. It’s just a lesson in life, I learned it, and I’m just moving on.”

The Bulldogs, with 10 of their 15 spring practices down, have as well.

The plan on Saturday is to scrimmage situations with live work in the mix.

Reyna has been out front through the spring – he is the only one of the three quarterbacks with experienced at the FBS level, having played in 10 games last season when completing 8 of 12 passes for 111 yards and one touchdown.

Wooldridge and Comstock both are in with a chance, though, and continue to take mostly forward steps on the practice field.

“They’re all doing fine,” Tedford said. “They all do really good things and so it’s good to let them get reps day to day.

“It’s a process and they’re learning every day and they’re learning from their mistakes, which is really good. That’s what practice is all about.”