Not surprisingly, there’s a personnel shakeup in the offing at the quarterback position at Georgia.
Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury in the 2017 opener against Appalachian State. In stepped Jake Fromm, with the true freshman quarterback helping to lead the Bulldogs to the cusp of its first national championship in nearly four decades.
Given Fromm’s age and success-- and the fact that touted 2018 prospect Justin Fields was part of UGA’s recruiting class this year as well -- it was widely thought that Eason could be moving on from Athens. On the heels of Monday night’s loss to Alabama, and citing multiple sources, the Seattle Times is reporting that Eason is expected to transfer to Washington to continue his collegiate playing career.
The fact that the sophomore would move to the Huskies is far from a surprise as he is a native of the state and played his high school football at Lake Stevens, about a 40-mile drive to Seattle.
If the move comes to fruition, Eason would have to sit out the 2018 season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules. Beginning with the 2019 season, he’d then have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Eason was a five-star member of the Bulldogs’ 2016 recruiting class, rated as the No. 2 pro-style quarterback in the country; the No. 1 player at any position in the state of Washington; and the No. 5 player overall on 247Sports.com‘s composite board. As a true freshman, Eason started the final 12 games of the 2016 season after playing well in the opener in place of Greyson Lambert.
