Vanderbilt expected to start five-star freshman QB Jared Curtis against NC State on Saturday

There was already one five-star true freshman starting at QB in the SEC. Beginning this weekend, there will be two.

Vanderbilt, which has started veteran Blaze Berlowitz at quarterback in its first two games, is expected to make a quarterback change and start five-star true freshman Jared Curtis against NC State on Saturday, sources tell CBS Sports.

Curtis has opened this week working with the first-team offense in practice, per sources.

Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea on Tuesday confirmed that Curtis would start for the Commodores against NC State.

"Jared Curtis will start for us this weekend against North Carolina State," Lea said. "He's earned it. He's worked really hard."

Curtis, the highest-ranked recruit in Vanderbilt history, was rated as the second-best quarterback and second-best overall prospect in the 2026 recruiting class, behind only Houston's Keisean Henderson.

After going 7-of-9 for 60 yards in limited action during the Commodores' season-opening 28-9 win over Austin Peay, Curtis replaced a struggling Berlowitz after the second series of Vanderbilt's win over Delaware this past weekend and then played the rest of the game aside from a Berlowitz series late in the second quarter that ended in a three-and-out.

Curtis finished the game 14-of-22…

Original source: https://www.cbssports.com/