“has to be” the starter at Georgia from Day One.
Eason already has enrolled at UGA and will go through spring practice. Mathews’ position, in a nutshell, is that Jacob Eason is going to struggle no matter when he plays, so he might as well get the struggling out of the way as a true freshman. He was recruited to be Georgia’s quarterback of the future, so, in the immortal words of former NFL coach George Allen, the future is now. Just throw him into the deep end of the pool and his talent will teach him how to swim in the shark-infested waters of the SEC.