Luke Doty is South Carolina’s QB1 as the Gamecocks end spring practice. First-year head coach Shane Beamer confirmed Doty as the starter after Sunday’s spring game.

“Unless something totally changes between now and when we watch the tape, Luke Doty is our starting quarterback,” Beamer told reporters, per John Whittle of The Big Spur.

“Like every other position, there’s going to be competition throughout the summer. By no means are we anointing Luke, but he’s taken every rep with the first team all spring practice and I didn’t see anything today to make me think otherwise. He’s great.”

He said Doty will continue to earn the job up until Week 1.

“We’re competing, don’t get me wrong,” Beamer said of his quarterback. “Luke has to continue to get better, Luke has to continue to progress over the summer, Luke has to have a great preseason training camp. But coming out of spring practice, he’s our starting quarterback and it’s his job to continue to earn that and continue to compete between now and the Eastern Illinois game.”

The No. 4 dual-threat quarterback and No. 86 recruit overall in the class of 2020, Doty played in seven games last season. He went 43-of-71 passing (60.6 completion percentage) for 405 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Doty also rushed 41 times for 91 yards.