If recent history tells us anything, it's now 50-50 whether Eason will turn into a star.
Remember this, everyone at Texas A&M, USC, Penn State and Notre Dame (where Kiel enrolled after commitments to
Indiana and
LSU) fully expected each quarterback to be a star early and pan out so nothing is a lock.
3. What's going on QBs?
What's up with all the movement at quarterback these days? If there is one position across the board that usually has the least amount of de-commitments each year, it's quarterback mainly because prospects lock in their spot early, teams react and fill their own needs. There is a general fear of shuffling around this game of musical chairs. Of course there are exceptions, but rarely down the stretch at crunch time.
This year you have Eason undecided until Tuesday, a new rumor about
Dwayne Haskins Jr. (above) seemingly cropping up every day, former
Oklahoma State commitment
Nick Starkel decommitting, dual-threats
Tylin Oden (
Louisville) and
Victor Viramontes (former
Michigan commitment) looking around and
Tristen Wallace headed from
Ohio State to
Oregon (but likely as an athlete instead of quarterback).
Late commitments from
Seth Green and
Kahi Neves, both formerly committed elsewhere, a huge 2017 flip from
Hunter Johnson to
Clemson from
Tennessee and even a 2018 commitment from
Jacob Sirmon to
Washington, who joins fellow 2018 pledge
Joey Gatewood (
Auburn).
Throw in all the JUCO quarterback commits you have as usual and it's tough to follow the ball. If your team received an early quarterback commitment in the 2016 class and that signal-caller is still headed your way, good for you. This will be very fun to look back on in a few years to see how these flips affected the landscape of college football as only quarterbacks can.