Quarterback race will be wide open as Scott Loeffler brings his offense to Auburn

Finding a starting quarterback won't come quickly. Loeffler says the battle between Clint Moseley, Kiehl Frazier and Zeke Pike will almost certainly go beyond a spring practice that starts Friday. Look for a resolution in the fall.

"We're not going to worry about who's No. 1, 2 and 3 this spring. What we're going to do, essentially, is learn the system and improve every day. The fall will be here quick enough to name our quarterback," Loeffler said.

Loeffler said he's watched film of every Auburn game last year. The results have been inconclusive. He saw Barrett Trotter start the first seven games, but he decided to skip his senior year. He saw Moseley start the final six games, but he didn't claim the job going into spring ball. He saw Kiehl Frazier throw just 12 passes as a freshman and only has his high school reputation to measure his passing game.

"At the end of the day, my job is to develop those guys as best we can in these four weeks, and it's their job to compete and win the job," Loeffler said. "My job is simply to develop them to the best of my ability, and obviously that process will continue to the fall."

Loeffler has some familiarity with the three. He watched them in football camps or recruited them while he was at Florida. He wants more.

"The only evaluation I truly have of Kiehl throwing the football is three or four years ago standing watching his spring practice when I was at Florida. That was a long time ago," Loffler said.

He saw Pike at a Florida camp when he was a high school sophomore. He knew Moseley as Mr. Football in Alabama.

Still, "I don't know where we are yet. That's what this spring is all about," Loeffler said.