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C.J. BEATHARD IS A STARTING QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL!!!

It is done. C.J. Beathard is a starting quarterback in the National Football League.

We bring you this “Hawkeyes in the NFL” update every week, but never have I been more excited to write this piece than now. After months of following the Beathard saga in San Francisco and listening to some pundits suggest that C.J. could be this season’s Dak Prescott, the former Hawkeye quarterback was finally named the starting quarterback for the 49ers.

Now, the 2017 49ers are nowhere near as good as Dak’s 2016 Cowboys were at this point, but let’s give the kid a chance.