If you followed recruiting leading up to national signing day in 2016, you knew the names of five-star QB recruits Shea Patterson and Jacob Eason.
An under-the-radar QB in Eugene certainly did.
"I remember reading all the recruiting stuff," Justin Herbert said. "I've heard about those guys for a long time."
Patterson and Eason were the highest-rated QBs in the 2016 class before landing at Ole Miss and Georgia, respectively. In the same 247Sports composite ranking, Herbert was 39th. He arrived at Oregon at this time last year a local favorite, but relatively unknown on the national scene.