Jacob Eason’s imminent decision is not entirely unprecedented.
Granted, only a select few individuals check all of the following boxes:
- Raised in the state of Washington
- Recruited heavily out of high school
- Settled with home-state Huskies
- Earned starting quarterback position
- Received opportunity to leave early to pursue NFL future
Those qualifications eliminate roughly 99.98% of all eligible adults.
But not Jake Locker. And not Brock Huard.
Maybe that’s why, in Eason, Huard sees a piece of his past.
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“There’s huge expectations, and I think that’s what (is weighing on him) as much as anything,” said Huard, a Puyallup product and FOX analyst who served as UW’s starter from 1996 to 1998.