NASHVILLE—-Clark Lea says Vanderbilt has “honed in” on allocating its quarterback reps towards determining a starter rather than merely developmental reps.All four of Vanderbilt’s quarterbacks took significant developmental reps in spring practice as Lea liberally managed the quarterback competition, but the Commodores open the season in just over a month and need a starter.“I think we've seen strong performance from the four guys that have been competing for the job,” Lea said. “And so the reps we take during camp will be strategic and will be pointed towards making a decision.”Vandy on SI projects that Lea and Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Tim Beck will land on five-star freshman Jared Curtis as the starter and veteran Blaze Berlowitz as the backup, but Lea has yet to publicly tip his hand in regard to what he’s thinking. Vanderbilt underclassmen Jack Elliott and Whit Muschamp are also still involved in the competition, but have uphill roads to the starting job. Lea said at SEC Media Days that he would be open to playing multiple quarterbacks if the situation lended itself to that, but that he’d prefer to have a singular starter rather than multiple. The idea is that if Vanderbilt will play multiple quarterbacks, it will pick its spots to maximize skillsets within its roster. Perhaps Vanderbilt will continue to explore uses for multiple quarterbacks, but Lea would like to land on a starter relatively quickly. He’s not binding himself to a timeline, but he’s expecting to have an idea as to who he’ll start around August 15. “I'm really targeting that first scrimmage because coming out of that with a great evaluation to say ‘we can to organize a depth chart?’" Lea said. “All of that to me is about how we distribute reps. That's where the depth chart builds chemistry. That's where the depth chart can be helpful. If I don't feel like we're ready for that because there's just been inconsistency in play or we need to take it longer. There's a second scrimmage that will backed up that week that'll give us a chance to continue to evaluate.” Follow us onTwitter/X,Facebook,YouTube,Instagram,ThreadsandBlue Skyfor the latest news.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow