Chris Petersen announced on Friday that while junior Jacob Eason had won Washington’s starting quarterback job, sophomore Jake Haener would also play in the season opener against Eastern Washington.
“Jake Haener and Jacob Eason … obviously two really good quarterbacks,” Petersen said. “It was a tight competition, and you take it as long as you can and you’ve got to make a decision and roll with it. Jake Haener will play in that first game. He should, he deserves it and he will.”
No, he won’t.
Roughly 24 hours after Petersen delivered those words, Washington announced that Haener has left the program, effective immediately.