Brandon Harris Named LSU Starting QB: Latest Comments and Reaction

When the LSU Tigers open their 2015 season against the McNeese State Cowboys on Sept. 5, Brandon Harris will take the first snap under center. Jim Kleinpeter of the Times-Picayune reported the sophomore has won the starting quarterback job over Anthony Jennings.

"Brandon Harris has done everything we've asked him to and continued to improve," head coach Les Miles said, per Kleinpeter.

Harris played in eight games last year, going 25-of-42 for 452 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions. Jennings received the bulk of the playing time but wasn't convincing in the role, throwing for 1,611 yards, 11 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

Jennings found himself in legal trouble earlier in the summer but avoided any charges following an incident in which he was alleged to have committed simple burglary. As a result, Miles reinstated the junior as a member of the football team.

While Jennings earned his way back into the QB race, Bleacher Report's Barrett Sallee argued earlier in the month that Harris was the better of the two choices:

CBS Sports' Matthew Coca believes Harris can take the team to great heights in 2015:

While Harris always looked to be the likelier option, Miles did leave open the possibility that he could reverse course about his starting quarterback midway through the season.

"As you get through a season, you're certainly going to have ebb and flow of play and it's going to be interesting to see if one guy separates himself so significantly that there's no question he's the guy," Miles said before announcing his decision, per ESPN.com's David Ching. "If you look at the necessity of both quarterbacks playing, you just have to guess at some point in time, both guys are going to have to shoulder the load."

LSU should have little trouble dispatching the Cowboys in its season opener, so it wouldn't be surprising if both Harris and Jennings play for extended stretches.

That could impact Miles' thought process as he prepares for a road game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sept. 12. He'll want to be 100 percent confident in the guy he has at quarterback with such a tough opponent on the horizon.

If Harris looks shaky against McNeese State, a demotion isn't out of the question before the Mississippi State game or when LSU welcomes in the Auburn Tigers on Sept. 19.