Morehead State lands QB Allen Fernett for immediate starting chance

Morehead State needed a quarterback who wanted the job, not just a jersey, and Allen Fernett saw that opening in Morehead, Kentucky. The Long Beach City College passer committed to the Eagles on Saturday after deciding Jason Woodman and Kyle Weiss offered him the cleanest path to an immediate starting chance in the Pioneer Football League.

That mattered because Fernett was not looking for a redshirt project or a depth chart detour. He had already missed spring ball, and the appeal of Morehead State was the honesty of the conversation and the chance to enter fall camp with a real opportunity to win the battle. For an Eagles program trying to keep climbing after a 6-6 finish, that kind of clarity at quarterback is more than a recruiting win. It is a roster decision with season-long consequences.

Fernett brings production that fits the pitch. In 2025 at Long Beach City College, he completed 96 of 157 passes, a 61.1 percent clip, for 1,216 yards, 11 touchdowns and three interceptions. He also posted a 145.5 passer efficiency rating and played in nine games. Even in a 3-7 season for the Vikings, Fernett showed enough efficiency and control to suggest he can step into a faster evaluation at the Division I level.

Morehead State’s need is easy to see in the numbers. The Eagles scored 254 points and allowed 358 in 2025, then finished 4-4 in league play and 6-6 overall. They closed the year with wins over Marist, Valparaiso, Davidson and Butler before losing at Drake, a late push that helped complete the program’s first back-to-back .500-or-better seasons since 2007 and 2008. In Woodman’s second season, with a three-year extension already in place, the next step depends on whether the offense can turn more possessions into points.

That is where Fernett enters the picture. Woodman and Weiss sold him on the idea that the quarterback room would be open, and Morehead State offered him on May 7 after a phone call with Weiss. The fit was immediate because Weiss has spent time around Woodman at Fairmont State, worked as an assistant quarterbacks coach at Pittsburg State and coached quarterbacks and wide receivers at Windermere High School. That background helped build the trust Fernett wanted before choosing a new stop.

Morehead State’s 2025 schedule also showed the level of challenge ahead, with six home games and road trips to FCS scholarship programs Illinois State and Austin Peay. Fernett is walking into that setting with a chance to change the conversation quickly, and the Eagles just signaled they are ready to let him try.