Jake Fromm is out as Georgia’s quarterback. Who could take his spot in 2020 season?

It’s official: Georgia will have a new starting quarterback in 2020.

Jake Fromm announced on Wednesday that he will forego his senior season and declare early for the NFL Draft. For the first time since Kirby Smart’s debut season in Athens, there will be a true battle for the starting job heading into the fall.

There will be no shortage of candidates. Several options exist in-house, and the possibility of a graduate transfer is out there as well. Here’s a look at some of the possibilities for Georgia at quarterback in 2020.

D’Wan Mathis:Mathis didn’t see any action as a freshman in 2019, sitting out the season after undergoing emergency brain surgery to remove a cyst in May. His only playing time came at G-Day, where he went 15-for-28 for 113 yards.

Mathis came out of high school as the No. 11 pro-style quarterback prospect in the class of 2019. While he hasn’t seen the field in an actual game, he has had a year to learn Georgia’s offense and observe Fromm, one of the best quarterbacks in program history.

Stetson Bennett IV: Bennett drew heavy praise from teammates as the scout team quarterback in 2017. After transferring at the conclusion of that season, he returned in 2019 to serve as Fromm’s backup.

Unlike Mathis, Bennett got on the field in 2019, albeit mainly in mop-up duty. He completed 20-of-27 passes for 260 yards and a pair of touchdowns, as well as a pick-six against Murray State.

Bennett has the most experience at Georgia of any potential 2020 quarterback, and that won’t go unnoticed in the battle for the starting job. However, he could be overtaken by a more senior transfer or the next player on the list.

Carson Beck: Beck is one of the headline recruits of Georgia’s 2020 class, a four-star ranked as the eighth-best pro-style quarterback prospect in this class. He has already enrolled at Georgia, which will allow him to go through spring practice with the team.

Both Beck and Mathis came out of high school as pro-style recruits as Fromm did. However, the pair both stand at 6-foot-4, a couple inches taller than Fromm and closer to the height of a prototypical quarterback.

It will be tough for Beck to win the starting job as a freshman, particularly in the event of a transfer coming to Athens. But even if he doesn’t play it will be a valuable year for Beck to learn and prepare to battle potentially with Mathis for the starting job in 2021.

D’Eriq King: King has long been rumored to be a potential fit at Georgia as a graduate transfer. He announced in September that he planned on sitting out the rest of Houston’s season, setting up the possibility to finish his college career elsewhere.

When he was on the field for the Cougars, King was one of the most dynamic players in college football. In 11 games in 2018, he threw for nearly 3,000 yards and 36 touchdowns, and he added 674 yards and 14 touchdowns rushing.

After a year of offensive struggles, Smart and offensive coordinator James Coley will potentially look to open up the offense more this offseason. A true dual-threat talent like King certainly would make that job much easier.

K.J. Costello: On the other end of the spectrum from King is Costello, the pocket passer from Stanford who entered his name in the transfer portal last month.

Over the course of his career in Palo Alto, Costello completed 63 percent of his passes for over 6,000 yards and a 49-18 touchdown to interception ratio. Injuries limited him to just five games in 2019, but he earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2018 with over 3,500 yards and 29 touchdowns.

King represents the potential for offensive change, while Costello is the transfer candidate that is most reminiscent of Fromm. If the answer to the offensive struggles is to go to more of a spread look, King might be the choice. If Smart and Coley opt to keep the offense largely the same, then Costello could be a better fit.

Jamie Newman: On New Year’s Eve, Newman announced he would be transferring from Wake Forest for his final year of eligibility.

Over the past two seasons Newman has started 18 games for the Demon Deacons, including 12 starts in 2019. He hit on 61 percent of his passes this season for 2,868 yards and 26 touchdowns. He also threw 11 interceptions, including three multi-interception games.

Anthony Brown: Rounding out the potential list of transfer candidates is Brown, who is transferring from Boston College.

He missed the second half of 2019 after suffering a leg injury, but prior to that he’d passed for 1,250 yards and nine touchdowns this season.

Over 28 games played at Boston College over three seasons, Brown passed for over 4,700 yards. However, he completed just 55 percent of his passes and threw 20 interceptions to his 40 touchdowns.