'Three-man race' for UK's starting QB job

Phillips said Hartline, Newton and Mossakowski will all get equal reps during the early part of spring and hopes to narrow it down to a two-man race by the fall.
"It is a three-man race for sure," Phillips said. "We have two (Hartline and Newton) that won games in the SEC and a third one (Mossakowski) who we think is a guy who can compete and win in the SEC. We have to give people reps early and get it down to two as quickly as we can and if the separation is not big enough, then we will have to carry out the competition among those two in fall camp."
Mossakowski was redshirted in 2009 while recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum. Phillips said before the Music City Bowl that Mossakowski hadn't fully regained his arm strength. While in Frankfort, Phillips said that while he hasn't seen Mossakowski throw since the season ended, he still expects him to push Hartline and Newton in the spring.
"I expect him to be ready to compete," Phillips said. "From all indications from the players and the trainers, he is ready to go out and compete, and we just expect that from him. I have seen him in some drills but not the throwing drills. He looks good in the drills I have seen. Whether or not he is going full speed, we will see what happens in spring football."
Besides the quarterback position, the offensive line will be an area of interest in the spring as the Wildcats attempt to replace four starters from what was regarded as the best offensive line of the Rich Brooks era: left tackle Zipp Duncan, left guard Christian Johnson, center Jorge Gonzalez and right tackle Justin Jeffries.