One change toward the end of last season could result in improvement this season for Gordon Lee.
Caleb O’Neal started the final three games of 2013 at quarterback and threw for more than 300 yards in the run-based offense.
Even though they were losses, they were experiences for O’Neal, who now takes over full time under center for coach Charles Wiggins and the Trojans.
“He’s a very intelligent kid, he’s 6-foot-2, and he has some escapability,” Wiggins said. “He’s got a good arm; he runs it pretty well. He did some stuff getting out of the pocket last year, and when things break down he’s able to live.”
The three 100-yard games came against Trion, Mount Zion and King’s Ridge Christian. He went 32-for-64 for 328 yards with three touchdowns in those games. O’Neal had 89 tackles for the season as the strong safety.