The result is unsurprising, even if the route was a little strange.
Saturday night’s Pac-12 tilt between No. 15 Washington (4-1) and 2-3 Stanford will feature a pair of former five-star quarterbacks, in the Huskies’ Jacob Eason and the Cardinal’s Davis Mills. Not so long ago, the 6-foot-6, 227-pound Eason was listed as the No. 2 pro-style passer and the No. 5 overall prospect in the 2016 class by 247Sports. A year later, the 6-4, 214-pound Mills was ranked as the premier pro-style passer and the No. 15 overall recruit in the 2017 class.
So, sure, when they signed with their respective programs, it was widely assumed that both Eason and Mills would be starting meaningful games during the 2019 season.