Ex-Husky QB Jacob Sirmon Enters Transfer Portal Again

After a season at Central Michigan and three at the UW, he's seeking another school.

Dan Raley | Dec 5, 2021

Jacob Sirmon is on the move again.

After spending a lone season at Central Michigan, the former University of Washington quarterback has entered the transfer portal once more, looking for a third school to play football.

Sirmon beat out Chippewas returning starter Daniel Richardson in fall camp and started four games this fall before getting benched in favor of a suddenly resurgent Richardson to finish out an 8-4 season.

Jacob Sirmon gets sacked against Missouri. — Jacob Sirmon gets sacked by Missouri. / USA TODAY Sports

Playing in the Mid-American Conference, the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Sirmon finished with season passing totals of 73 for 119 for 734 yards and 6 touchdowns, while throwing 4 interceptions.

Sirmon is a football name well entrenched in the Pac-12 Conference. Jacob's cousin, Jackson, is a starting inside linebacker for the UW and his other cousin, Camden, is a walk-on quarterback for the Huskies. His uncle, Peter, is the defensive quarterback at California.

Jacob Sirmon spent three seasons at the UW. — Jacob Sirmon appeared in 6 games for Washington :: Joe Nicholson/USA TODAY Sports

A Bothell, Washington, product, Jacob Sirmon originally was a 4-star recruit who signed with the UW and spent three seasons in Montlake.

He redshirted before spending 2019 as the Husky quarterback backup to Jacob Eason, and appeared in five games in a mop-up role, and he became the backup the following season to Dylan Morris, playing in one game. Sirmon completed 3 of 4 passes for 28 yards in his limited time at the UW.

This marks Sirmon's third time in the transfer portal. He entered it for the first time following 2018 spring practice and then withdrew and stayed t the UW. He left for good las

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Published Dec 5, 2021

DAN RALEY

Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.