ATHENS, Ga. – One of the more intriguing position battles in the Southeastern Conference this spring could be Georgia’s quarterback competition between incumbent starter Jacob Eason and early enrollee Jake Fromm.
Based on Fromm’s arrival last month, it’s already under way.
“This kid gets off the plane from the U.S. Army All-American game, and he wants every receiver’s cell phone number,” Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said last week. “He wants to go throw with them. If they’re not out there throwing, he wants to ask them why they’re not.”
Although Eason arrived at Georgia last winter as a five-star early enrollee and wrested the starting job from veterans Greyson Lambert and Brice Ramsey, Fromm was among the first commitments in Smart’s first full recruiting cycle and never considered looking elsewhere. As a senior last season at Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Ga., the 6-foot-2, 225-pounder completed 244 of 383 passes (63.7 percent) for 3,910 yards with 41 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
Fromm, who also rushed for 351 yards and 3.3 yards per carry this past season, threw for 12,745 yards with 116 touchdowns and 25 interceptions in his four-year career.