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Jake Luton didn’t come out of Oregon state with high visibility and that didn’t gain momentum when the Jaguars took him to the sixth round of this year’s draft, but a lot more people learned of his name last week.
Luton was installed as a starting quarterback in Jacksonville following Gardner Minshew’s thumb injury and he took the opportunity. Luton threw for 304 yards and a touchdown and ran for 13 yards with 90 seconds left that gave the Jaguars a chance to tie the game.
Luton’s shot on the two-run try fell incomplete and the Texans held on for a 27-25 victory. After the game, Luton said he felt comfortable in his new role.
“I would say I was more nervous for my first workout this week,” Luton said, via John Reid of the Florida Times-Union. “I felt confident and never overwhelmed yet.”
On the question of who starts at Green Bay next week, Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone said he “isn’t really looking to the future because it would give me a moment to get over it. And that there was no decision to make at quarterback because Minshew didn’t pitch.
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