GLENDALE, AZ - JANUARY 11: Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart of the Alabama Crimson Tide on the field before the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship Game against the Clemson Tigers at University of Phoenix Stadium on January 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Georgia legend weighs in on Bulldogs' quarterback battle, says Kirby Smart should start this guy

We've got a quarterback battle on our hands.

If the decision were up to Hines Ward, a former Georgia quarterback/wide receiver before tearing it up in the NFL with the PIttsburgh Steelers, the legend's choice would be easy — Jacob Eason should start at quarterback.

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Or at least that's what the reports were out of the Bulldogs' Buford camp.

Eason will compete with senior Grayson Lambert and junior Brice Ramsey for the starting gig, but head coach Kirby Smart has already noted he has no issue starting the freshman phenom.