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Calkins column on UW’s QB announcement

See that mountain over there? Pretty sure Jacob Eason can throw a football over it. The quarterback’s arm strength has been well-documented, and rarely disappoints the naked eye.

Need an NFL prototype? Eason is your model. At 6-feet-6, 227 pounds, the Husky’s frame spawns instant salivation from any professional scout.

It’s possible that no Washington signal-caller has been as hyped up as the five-star recruit. As a scout-team player, Eason was a topic of conversation even as Jake Browning was setting records as the winningest quarterback in Huskies history.

But Eason’s Herculean arm and build can only take him so far.