Jacob Eason is reportedly eyeing a transfer back home to play for Chris Petersen and Washington football. That would make the Huskies Pac-12 favorites.
No disrespect to Jake Browning, who just happens to be one of the best quarterbacks in the Pac-12, but if Jacob Eason transfers back home to play for Chris Peterson and Washington, the Huskies would be considered favorites to win the conference title.
Although Browning led the Huskies to a Pac-12 title a year ago and to the College Football Playoff, the junior took a step back this season and didn’t quite live up to expectations. He still has one year left of eligibility, but it looks like his replacement is already in the works.
No, K.J. Carta-Samuels won’t be around anymore, not even for his final season of eligibility in 2018, as he has decided to transfer but Eason will be the next in line.
According to Adam Jude of The Seattle Times, the former Gatorade national player of the year is looking to return home after spending his first two seasons in Athens, Ga., with the Georgia Bulldogs.
Eason was once a five-star recruit and arguably the top quarterback prospect in the nation, but Kirby Smart decided to stick with freshman Jake Fromm as the starter this season after his star sophomore went down with a knee injury in the opener but was cleared to return halfway through the year.
Washington has the pieces in place to compete for Pac-12 titles, especially with a quarterback the caliber of Eason under center. He has a strong arm and an ideal frame for a quarterback, standing 6-foot-5 and 235 pounds. He passed for 2,430 yards and 16 touchdowns with just eight interceptions as a true freshman and completed 55 percent of his throws.
Eason wouldn’t be eligible to play until 2019 if he were to transfer, but that’s looking likely. Browning would hold on to his job, obviously, in 2018 and then give way to Eason the next season and he would then have two years of eligibility.
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In my opinion, Eason is a better overall player than Browning although both could be solid pros. The Georgia gunslinger from nearby Lake Stevens, Wash., hasn’t even scratched the surface yet, but learning the system for a year as a transfer would be huge for the Huskies if he were to take over in 2019. The rest of the Pac-12 would surely be nervous about this move.