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Kyle Allen had a very solid first season with Texas A&M last fall. After stepping into the starting quarterback role in November, Allen made five starts, throwing for 1,322 yards with 16 touchdowns against seven interceptions while completing 61.5 percent of his passes.

The Aggies went 3-2 in those games, including a Liberty Bowl win over West Virginia. That performance would earn him a starting role in many programs, but A&M signed 5-star recruit Kyler Murray, an enticing dual-threat quarterback who had his pick of destinations. Murray didn’t come to College Station to sit for long, and he’ll surely put pressure on Allen this fall.

He is confident in his abilities, as he told SB Nation's Yaron Weitzman.

"Right now [Allen's] the starter, obviously," Murray said. "Right now my job is just to come in, learn the offense, get better every day and try to help the team any possible way. I just have to sit there and wait my turn. I think I will get reps in games, so they will see me, so when that time comes... that's what it's all about."

Allen can’t afford to struggle, as head coach Kevin Sumlin has set precedent for quarterback changes recently. Remember Kenny Hill? He went from Heisman Trophy candidate to transferring to TCU after Allen supplanted him as starting quarterback last fall. It could happen again.