It appears the wait is over.
Washington appears to have settled on junior Jacob Eason as its starting quarterback, three sources confirmed to The Seattle Times on Thursday, after reports on Twitter earlier Thursday.
Eason — a 6-foot-6, 227-pound junior from Lake Stevens — had been primarily competing with sophomore Jake Haener throughout the spring and summer. A former five-star recruit, he threw for 2,430 yards with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions, completing 55.1 percent of his passes, as a freshman starter at Georgia in 2016. After being injured and then overtaken by freshman Jake Fromm the following fall, Eason transferred to Washington and sat out the 2018 season to satisfy NCAA eligibility requirements, though he was named the program’s offensive scout squad MVP.