It’s almost become the Washington state curse – a consensus No. 1 national football recruit crossing state lines.
That will happen today as Skyline High’s Jake Heaps, the quarterback with 26 NCAA Division I scholarship offers before his senior season, announces he will play at Brigham Young University, multiple sources confirmed.
The Provo Daily Herald confirmed Heaps is already in Utah, and will be one of the 100 or so prospects participating in BYU’s Junior Day starting Friday.
BYU had always been considered one of the favorites on his short list, which included Tennessee and Washington. It was thought that the Huskies, under new coach Steve Sarkisian – a former BYU quarterback – had made up ground in the recruiting race for the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder.
The last time Washington had the nation’s top recruit was Timberline running back Jonathan Stewart, who chose Oregon over Washington State in 2005.
Heaps, who is LDS, has said on previous occasions that he would leave on a church mission early on in his tenure, regardless of what school he chose.
The state’s reigning Gatorade player of the year finished with 2,888 yards and 38 touchdowns while leading the Spartans to the second of back-to-back state championships, including the Class 4A crown last December over Issaquah.
