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By Sam Saig, June 15, 2009 10:38 am

What’s more exciting Huskies fans, the addition of future headliner Nick Montana or the return of hometown hero Jake Locker? Either way, the University of Washington is doing a great job of turning the page on an embarrassing winless season last year. The Sarkisian era is underway in Seattle, and a brand new offensive attitude is coming to U-Dub.

Former head coach Tyrone Willingham may have struggled in the win-loss column, but he didn’t exactly leave the cupboards empty. After all, junior QB Jake Locker is back after missing most of 2008 with season ending surgery. When healthy, the best way to describe Locker is Tim Tebow-West. There truly aren’t enough superlatives to describe what he does for an offense.

In a conference full of unknowns at QB, Locker’s place atop the depth chart is as safe as any in the country. A native of Ferndale, Washington, he made recent news in another sport; the Los Angeles Angels selected the two-sport athlete in round 10 of the MLB draft.

Jake Locker tucks it away and uses his legs

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