2017 Football Roster
Jacob Eason
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lake Stevens, Wash.
- High School:
- Lake Stevens
Career Highs:
* 346 passing yards vs. Vanderbilt, 2016
* 3 passing TDs at Missouri, 2016
* 29 completions at Missouri, 2016
* 55 passing attempts at Missouri, 2016
* Long completion 77 yards vs. TCU, 2016
* Long rush of 15 yards vs. TCU, 2016
2017: Appeared in five games, making one start...left the Appalachian State game due to a first-quarter injury on Georgia’s third offensive possession...named to Maxwell, Davey O’Brien and Manning Award pre-season watch lists...hit 3-for-3 passes for 24 yards at Vanderbilt...recipient of the Green-Sands Football Scholarship.
2016: Played in all 13 games, making 12 starts...passed for 2430 yards (4th most by a UGA freshman) and 16 TDs this season...led two game-winning drives late in 4th quarter, both on the road: at Missouri and at Kentucky...among Davey O’Brien Foundation “Great 8” honorees for performance at Missouri ... passed for 308 yards and 3 TDs in win at Missouri ... his 55 pass attempts vs. the Tigers were the most for a Georgia quarterback since 2000, when Cory Phillips finished 36-for-62 in a game against Georgia Tech... delivered the game-winning TD pass to Isaiah McKenzie with 1:29 remaining on a 4th-and-10 play against Missouri...completed 27 of 40 passes for a career-high 346 yards vs. Vanderbilt...completed 17 of 28 passes for 211 yards and 2 TDs vs. Tennessee...also recovered a teammate's fumble for another TD vs. UT...made first career start vs. Nicholls and finished 11-of-20 for 204 yards and 1 TD ... became the sixth true freshman QB in school history to start a game ... came in on Georgia’s fourth possession of the game vs. North Carolina ... completed 8-of-12 passes for 131 yards and 1TD in collegiate debut ... early enrollee in the spring of 2016...recipient of the Green-Sands Football Scholarship.
High School: Lake Stevens, coached by Tom Tri...Selected to represent the East in the 2016 U.S. Army All-America Bowl ... 2015-16 Gatorade National Football Player of the Year ... Maxwell Football Club National Back of the Year...2016 Bobby Dodd National Back of the Year...2015 USA Today All-USA Offensive Player of the Year...American Family Insurance 2015 USA Today All-USA First Team offense...MaxPreps 2016 All-America Second Team offense...PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #1 player nationally, Top 150 Dream Team...ESPN.com four-star prospect, #13 player nationally, #1 QB nationally, #1 player in the state of Washington ... 247Sports.com five-star prospect, #5 player nationally, #2 QB nationally, #1 player in the state of Washington ... Rivals.com five-star prospect, #7 player nationally, #1 QB nationally, #1 player in the state of Washington...Scout five-star prospect, #7 player nationally, #2 QB nationally, #1 player in the state of Washington...Seattle Times 2015 Offensive Player of the Year ... Associated Press 2015 All-State 4A First Team offense...during his senior season, passed for 3,585 yards and 43 touchdowns, while only throwing six interceptions ... threw for over 10,000 yards and 99 touchdowns in his career...led Lake Stevens to a 12-1 record and a trip to the 4A State semifinals his senior year... graduated early from high school and enrolled at UGA in January, 2016.
Personal: JACOB HENRY EASON...Major: Journalism / Advertising.
