Tanner Maddocks played behind Connor Watkins for his first three seasons at Villanova, adjusting to the college level and biding his time.

He and Watkins were the only quarterbacks to take snaps last season, so he figured he would succeed him as the starter as long as he kept playing the way he had.

That changed when the Wildcats brought in Nicholls State’s Pat McQuaide from the transfer portal shortly after last season.

“I definitely thought I was going to get the opportunity with Connor graduating,” Maddocks said. “I knew the offense inside and out. When I was put in games, I did my job. I played really well in games. I knew they were bringing somebody in, not necessarily to take the job.”

Maddocks, a former Fleetwood football star, is Villanova’s No. 2 quarterback, for now. McQuaide

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