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Washington quarterback Jake Locker reacts after running for a 9-yard gain against California on Saturday. Locker applied with the NFL Draft Advisory Board on Monday to gauge where he might be taken if he opted to enter the 2010 draft.
SEATTLE — Jake Locker has taken the first step.
Where that leads him, nobody knows.
The University of Washington’s junior quarterback could be in St. Louis next year, he could be in Cleveland, or he could be playing one final season at Husky Stadium.
While Locker applied with the NFL Draft Advisory Board on Monday, thereby putting his name out there to gauge where he might be taken should he come out for the 2010 draft, he is no closer to leaving school early than he was over the weekend.
“It’s natural. That was easy,” UW head coach Steve Sarkisian said with a shrug when telling reporters Tuesday that Locker applied with the advisory board.
Sarkisian went one step further when he said that he was “very optimistic” Locker would return to the Huskies next fall. But when asked what he meant by that, Sarkisian said ... [
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