Kansas football fall camp began earlier this week, and several position groups are fighting it out for starting jobs. The most obvious of those competitions is at quarterback, where Cole Ballard and Isaiah Marshall are locked in a two-man duel. As we've previously written at Kansas on SI, Ballard is viewed as the frontrunner to take the majority of the snaps by the beginning of the season. Isaiah Marshall and Cole Ballard 📼Decisions decisions#kufball pic.twitter.com/Jr9rrlr8zf — Kole Emplit (@KoleEmplit) August 4, 2026Neither Cole Ballard or Isaiah Marshall Have Won the QB1 JobAs a lifelong KU football fan, this isn't exactly what I wanted to hear. At this point, it seems highly unlikely either quarterback officially "wins" the job over the next couple of weeks of camp.