In the last three weeks, Morgan State has used both redshirt senior Robert Council and redshirt junior Moses Skillon as the starting quarterback.
For Saturday's season finale against Delaware State (2-9 overall, 2-5 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), Morgan State coach Lee Hull said Tuesday that the Bears (6-5, 5-2) will go with Skillon.
Skillon completed 25 of 43 attempts for 289 yards and two touchdowns in Saturday's 27-24 win over South Carolina State. He also threw two interceptions against the Bulldogs (7-4, 5-2), but Hull said Skillon demonstrated his command of the offense.
"The two interceptions were not totally his fault, but he needs to see that the receiver, [redshirt junior Andrew] King, fell down on one and [sophomore wide receiver Landen] Marlbrough ran the wrong route on the other one and not throw it," Hull said during his weekly conference call arranged by the MEAC. "But that's coming from experience, playing time. He runs well enough where when we do our zone reads, he's able to pull it and get us some yards and keep a defense honest.
"But he has a big arm, and the thing that he does is, he's able to throw the ball and he has a strong arm and he can get the ball and make all the throws. He can get the ball into tight spots."
Despite his showing against South Carolina State, Skillon said afterward that he wasn't sure if he should be named the starter against the Hornets.
"I still don't know," he said. "I feel like I did enough, but that's coach's decision. I'm just worrying about practicing on Tuesday."
Delaware State ranks second in the conference in defending the pass, surrendering just an average of 146.4 yards and 11 touchdowns. But coach Kermit Blount said Skillon is a significant challenge for the Hornets defense.
"Any time you have a young man who's an excellent passer, you give him the opportunity to sit in the pocket and throw the football at you if you give him the time to do it," Blount said Tuesday. "We're just going to have to try to keep the pressure on him and get him off of his reads and make him go to his second or third reads or possibly get him out of the pocket and force him to run with the football.
"It's a tough matchup, but at the same time, it's one that we look forward to."