FAYETTEVILLE - Arkansas will have a new starting quarterback this fall. For the first time since the 2013 season it won't be one of the Allen brothers.

Cole Kelley and Ty Storey, 4, are the only two quarterbacks with any experience in games.

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Brandon Allen started the 2013-15 seasons then was followed by Austin Allen the past two years. The candidates this spring will be sophomore Cole Kelley, junior Ty Storey, redshirt freshman Daulton Hyatt and sophomore walk-on's Jack Lindsey and Carson Proctor. True freshman Connor Noland will enter the battle in the fall.

Not only will Arkansas have a new quarterback, but they have new coaches as well as a new offense. Joe Craddock is now the offensive coordinator and the spread will replace the pro-style offense used by former coach Bret Bielema. Craddock was asked this week his impressions of what he has at quarterback.

"It's hard, because Cole really is the only one that's gotten a lot of reps," Craddock said. "I know that Ty's played a little bit. But we've also gone back and looked at practices. A lot of skelly. But again, this is a different style of offense that they're running.

"I've talked to every single one of those guys. Still trying to get in touch with a couple of the walk-on guys. But I've talked to those guys about what we're going to be about, what we're going to do so they can go ahead and start working on that."

Kelley played in nine games in 2017 starting four of them. He completed 87 of 151 passes for 1,038 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed 53 times for 74 yards and two touchdowns.

"I think Cole's biggest thing is he's got to drop some weight, which isn't a new thing for us," Craddock said. "Our quarterback (Ben Hicks) last year had the same, similar deal. Dropped about 15, 20 pounds and really played at a high level this year. I'm sure that with Cole, and I actually talked to him this morning and he's down some weight, so really excited about that."

However with the coaching change comes new life for Storey and the others. They will get a chance to win the job in the spring.

"Our quarterback competition is going to be wide open," Craddock said. "We don't want to judge our guys on the previous offense and a different style. We really want to get in there and get our system implemented and see who really fits us the best.

"When you talk about who's going to be the guy? Is it a guy that's a system fit? Is it a guy that's the best? We're looking for a winner. We want a guy that's going to win us football games. That's what it's all about. That's what we're going to be looking for this spring."

Most of the quarterbacks on the roster came from high school teams that ran some form of the spread. At Charleston (Ark.) High School, Storey passed for 12,856 yards and also showed his ability to run the football. He totaled 73 touchdowns as a senior passing for 53 and rushing for 20.

As a senior, Kelley passed for 3,203 yards and 28 touchdowns while also rushing for 286 yards and eight touchdowns. Hyatt finished his prep career passing for 6,216 yards an 50 touchdowns while rushing for 1,854 yards and 16 touchdowns.

As a senior at Springdale, Lindsey passed for 2,226 yards and 16 touchdowns while rushing for two more. Proctor, also as a senior, passed for 2.515 yards and 23 touchdowns.

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