A Look at Jacob Sirmon

Jacob Sirmon wears No. 11 for the Washington soccer group. Double pennies. It is a jersey that signifies Husky success.

The next quarterbacks have had it on when every of them directed the UW to a Rose Bowl or two: Bob Hivner (1961), Invoice Douglas (1964), Mark Brunell (1991, 1993) and Marques Tuiasosopo (2001).

Athletic occasions have been placed on maintain in all places due to rising pandemic fears, however that will not preserve the remainder of us from considering and speaking about sports activities each alternative we get.

For the following few weeks, whereas everybody waits to see if there’s a UW spring soccer recreation and even apply, we’ll look at potential starters and others, and what we find out about them.  Maintain our personal tryouts. Give every one a preliminary grade.

Starting with Sirmon.

Earlier than he can dare to dream about spending any time in Pasadena, the Bothell, Washington, product first should win the job outright. He has to beat out redshirt freshman Dylan Morris, a smaller, extra cell participant, and incoming freshman Ethan Garbers.

Sirmon’s statistical pattern measurement is not a lot. A 6-foot-5, 234-pound sophomore, he appeared on the tail finish of 5 video games final season. He threw simply three passes and accomplished two. 

A yr in the past, Sirmon accomplished Four of eight passes for 30 yards within the UW spring recreation. He made a vital mistake, throwing a pick-six to Isaiah Gilchrist. He subsequent drew headlines by placing his identify within the switch portal, together with fellow Huskies QB Colson Yankoff, however he pulled it again.

Whereas he brings advantageous top to his place, Sirmon would not possess the million-dollar arm of Jacob Eason. However who does? In actual fact, most spotlight clips discovered on the web present Sirmon solely lobbing the ball.

He comes from good genes; he is a part of an prolonged soccer household. His cousin Jackson Sirmon is a powerful candidate for a UW beginning inside linebacker job. His uncle Peter Sirmon is the Cal defensive coordinator and a former Huskies assistant coach. His father David Sirmon is a former Montana linebacker and a professor on the UW Foster Faculty of Enterprise.

Jacob Sirmon arrived at Washington as a Four-star recruit, turning down severe suitors in Michigan, Nebraska and Washington State in favor of the Huskies. He was the nation’s No. eight pro-style passer and 171st recruit total as rated by 247 Sports activities. He was thought of a big-time get. 

Sirmon brings a deeply non secular strategy to all the things he does, as this 2019 tweet demonstrates. When he selected to stay on the UW, he put a verse and his group identify collectively on social media: Jeremiah 29:11 #GoDawgs. 

The biblical quote he cited reads: “For I do know the plans I’ve for you, plans to prosper you and to not hurt you, plans to provide you hope and a future.”

The Huskies have not had a publicly verse-sharing beginning quarterback since Mark Brunell took snaps. Sirmon would finest be suggested to emulate that different No. 11 any method he can. 

SUMMARY: Sirmon has seen up shut how different Huskies quarterbacks akin to Jake Browning and Eason do it. He is put in his time because the backup. He thought of leaving final yr however stayed. The job is his to lose. 

GRADE (1 to five): He will get a three. He had an enormous fame coming in. Two years later, Sirmon has virtually zero faculty recreation expertise. His problem? Dealing with the immense stress that comes with the job. At the very least he is sporting a productive quantity.