With one more game in the books
With one more game in the books, it's time to doog it up a little for promising underclassmen:
QB: True frosh Demond Williams (better fit for the offense Fisch / Carroll like to run, nervous if he goes down for any time next year)
RB: True frosh Adam Muhammad (looks like he has a bullish blend of power and athleticism)
TE: True frosh Decker DeGraff (hard not to be high on him)
WR: RS-Soph Denzel Boston (he is good)
WR: RS-Frosh Keith Reynolds (big kick return and nice speed on the TD run)
WR: RS-Frosh Rashid Williams (wouldn't surprise me if he was the #2 WR next year, especially if they don't portal in a WR)
LT: RS-Frosh Kahlee Tafai (future starter at OT)
C/G: True soph Landen Hatchett (solid as a starter, should take the next step in 2025)
RT: RS-Soph Drew Azzopardi (I'm not as down on him as others, he has bounced back some since the Iowa game)
DE: RS-Soph Isiah Ward (best pass-rusher on a team needing more pass rushers)
DE: True Soph Jacob Lane (proving to be a decent situational pass-rusher, will get more reps next season)
DE: RS-Soph Lance Holtzclaw (IIRC, he has a couple of crucial sacks / pressures and would be nice if he was able to add 10-15 pounds in the off-season)
DT: RS-Frosh Elinneus Davis (I pitch tent for him the most)
LB: True Frosh Khmori House (2nd most tent pitching)
DB: RS-Frosh Jordan Shaw (shaky to begin the season, has come on lately)
Comments
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We need a poll for how many and which of these guysms will transfer out.
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The players seem to like Fisch. I don't think many do. Maybe some people who lose starting roles
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Boston is going to the draft. Hate to see it, but he’s gonna cash in on some gaudy stats and a weak WR class
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There isn't even draft pages on him
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That's irrelevant to modern "college" football. Players like money and draft status. There's fewer than a couple players on that list that won't leave if Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Ohio State, Texas, etc. offer a fat stack of cash. A player that's guaranteed to stay is a player that doesn't have a high market value anyway.
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we haven’t hit peak draft szn yet
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Washington pays starters. Boston will stay.
Wow I'm fully dooging thats alot of talent
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UW and Oregon are a mixture of finesse and power - can adapt their games to their opponents.
USC and UCLA are pure finesse - can't adapt their games too well to opponents.
UW and Oregon build and fill their teams out better and will beat the upper tier B1G teams with more regularity than the LA schools.
UW should continue to focus on the very high quality 3* guys, because it's harder for those guys to portal out to better teams since they don't have the 4-5* eye candy attached to them. UW should also take 10-12 guys a year from the NW with the new 105 scholarship limits, since they will be less likely to get home-sick.
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Boston will need at least 3 years of stats to appease NFL teams, otherwise he could become a day 3 pick if he leaves too early. Teams are already learning to clog his WR routes, so he doesn't look as dominating as he did 5-8 games ago. I see him staying for 3-4 years of play-time.
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There hasn't been any kind of trend at UW indicating portal defections are an issue. Players portaled when Deboer left, but everyone else that mattered has stayed, even through the Lake-Deboer transition.
