CORVALLIS -- A couple weeks before spring practice began, Jake Luton missed a winter conditioning session.
The Oregon State quarterback believed he'd caught a stomach virus that would disappear in a few days. Then his symptoms got "way worse," causing him to lose about 25 pounds over the course of those practices.
"I've never had anything like that before in my life, so it was pretty strange," Luton said.
Strange and frustrating, Luton acknowledges today. But now the junior college transfer is back to full health and ready for the next phase of his audition to win the Beavers' starting job.