Transfer QB Jesse Hosket named SEMO football starter

Posted Monday, August 22, 2016, at 4:06 PM

The Southeast Missouri State football team decided on its Week 1 starting quarterback Monday, as East Central Community College transfer Jesse Hosket will get the nod at Memphis on Sept. 3, according to Southeast sports information director Jeff Honza.

Jesse Hosket will start at quarterback for @SEMOfootball season-opener at Memphis on Sept. 3.
— Jeff Honza (@honzsid) August 22, 2016

Hosket, a junior, was the team's No. 2 quarterback throughout summer camp behind sophomore Dante Vandeven, a Jackson graduate who started eight games last season and went on to be named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year. Both players each had a final chance to separate themselves and prove they were worthy of the starting job during Saturday's scrimmage at Houck Stadium.

The 6-foot-4 Hosket was 117-of-191 (61.3 percent) last year as a sophomore at ECCC, amassing 1,504 yards and 16 touchdowns through the air. A native of French Camp, Miss., Hosket averaged 222.3 passing yards per game on a Warriors team that ranked 10th in the final National Junior College Athletic Association Football Poll and advanced to the semifinals of the MACJC Playoffs.

Vandeven completed 155 of his 250 pass attempts for the Redhawks in 2015. The 6-2, 185-pound signal caller became the first Southeast true freshman to eclipse the 1,000-yard passing mark in a single season, finishing his campaign with 1,568 yards and 11 TDs while adding another 292 yards and six scores on the ground. He was sixth in the OVC in passing average (174.2 ypg) and fifth in total offense (206.7 ypg).

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this is exactly why SEMO are always loser, Coach Tuck is a moron

-- Posted by chsfan185 on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 4:40 PM
Why? Because he didn't pick the local kid to start?

Were you at practices? Scrimmages? Did you see them play in Spring ball and the past 2 weeks?

-- Posted by arich35 on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 5:31 PM
You are going to be real shocked when you don't see Al that much either. Hoskett and Vandeven will split time.

-- Posted by cker23 on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 6:38 PM
Hosket's stats from his last year at juco are not bad. The juco football conference in Mississippi has produced the national champions 4 or 5 times since 2009 or 2010. It's the most competitive juco conference in the nation.

-- Posted by ozzyandharriet on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 7:42 PM
Chsfan185's comments are the norm for our society today. A person who doesn't go to practice everyday, is incapable of evaluating talent on this level know more then Tuke? People are clueless.

-- Posted by ozzyandharriet on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 7:43 PM
Ozzy i agree with you. Coaches who play the "sentimental player" will get beat in the long road and be looking for a new job. How about we trust the coaches to evaluate and choose the starting QB. I too would like to see a local player start at any position, but only if they are the best. Performance will determine who plays.Good luck to SEMO football.I am a local SEMO football alumn and want to see the team win first, play local players second.

-- Posted by semo ref on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 8:48 PM
No reason to play the local guy if he isn't the best QB right now. He is still only a sophomore and hopefully getting beat in a QB competition will drive him to be better

-- Posted by arich35 on Mon, Aug 22, 2016, at 8:52 PM
Ozzy's right, that JUCO conference is brutal. They produce some very battle tested guys. Some recently I know have gone to Kentucky who I follow and all end up in the NFL.

You can watch East Mississippi Community College on the new hit Netflix Documentary "Last Chance U". Haven't watched it myself, but heard it's great.

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, at 11:49 AM
I also think Auburn's starting QB this year came out of that same conference.

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, at 1:54 PM
Buck-I just finished watching Last Chance U. It is a great documentary. I had no idea how brutal Mississippi JUCO football is and I also had no idea just how dominant EMCC is. It's a must see for any football fan or sports fan in general.

And yes, John Franklin III, who played at EMCC is at Auburn. This kid started at Florida State and then went to EMCC.

-- Posted by ozzyandharriet on Tue, Aug 23, 2016, at 3:10 PM
1) EMCC is ridiculous. They produce tons of D1 talent every year. It's basically all guys who couldn't qualify or weren't ready for everything that a D1 school requires when they first got to campus

2) As a local who has no real interest in Redhawk sports it's disappointing not to have the local kid starting at QB. I'll admit that I even went to games last season because I had seen Dante play in high school and knew how entertaining he was. Also, I went to watch Paul McRoberts because I had seen him a handful of times playing high school basketball. So, as it goes, I probably won't go because I don't have a vested interest in the team or athletes, but that shouldn't matter to the head coach. His entire job revolves around winning. If he thinks starting the new guy will make his team better then thats all that matters. As much as he wants people to go to their games, if they win more games, but have less fans (which in theory shouldn't be the case) then I'm sure he'll still be happy with that. There's no better way to sell your program than to win, so whichever players give him the best chance to do that will be on the field. Best of luck to SEMO, and best of luck to all the players and their families

-- Posted by semo501 on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, at 3:38 AM
Thanks Ozzy, I'll have to check it out!

-- Posted by BuckMajor on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, at 12:29 PM
SEMO gets a few mentions in "Last Chance U".

-- Posted by Larry Doby on Tue, Aug 30, 2016, at 4:37 PM
Dante will still play for sure this year.

-- Posted by arich35 on Wed, Aug 31, 2016, at 6:38 PM

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