2024/2025 UW Scholarship Roster - As of 11/10/24
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Good stuff. Russell Davis III is an Edge (listed at 6'3" 217 lbs on Go Huskies).
I see the staff prioritizing quality over quantity in the portal and specifically at DT and LB. It is very helpful that this staff will have the winter portal period to nab upperclassmen at those spots. Maybe WR and OL too and RB if Coleman leaves.
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I took all the positions from how they were listed on the website and recruits placed in positions based on where they are listed for 247 (Athletes I dug a bit to find their most likely home). As with anything … things can change.
What is important to remember for next year is that the roster is already effectively at (or over) 85 so anything with the portal will be a player out = a player in.
There are obvious areas where we could use depth and some upgrades … there’s also areas where trying to figure out who would leave is less clear given some of the class stacking where youth needs to separate themselves
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I’m saying 2025 is a growth/development year based on the roster and how it’s constructed
You’re more than capable of saying what you’d do with the roster to accelerate the process … but we all know it’s easier to be snarky and bitch
UW has its own issues with respect to $$$ to stabilize with the Big10 transition … but obviously the $$$ is the obvious reason for that move. Without it UW would 100% become a stepping stone school
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Appreciate this. One of the disappointing things with the new form of college football to me is how much harder it is to project future seasons given you don't know how is leaving your team and who is coming in via the portal and it's the same for your opponents.
Do you think Fisch can talk a donor or two into spending a lot in the winter portal this year? I like and believe in the building from high school model but this year is showing (and not just at UW) it's going to be hard not to bottom out or stay up top if you're not spending a ton in the portal. I'm not optimistic, especially since programs like Oregon, Ohio State and Texas will have to be rebuilding a ton in the portal. Maybe not having to spend money on a starting QB will help.
With the bloated super conferences schedule and how teams shape up will make a difference too. It's hard to read too much yet but I feel like the schedule is more friendly next year and could give us another win or two above what me might be with a tougher schedule.
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It's like 2007 around here
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The biggest thing I see is that we’re already pushing up against 85 so trying to figure out how much comes in is based on understanding how much goes out the door
We’ll still be paying our roster it’s just a question of how much and then the price tag will obviously go up for younger players as they produce
It’s too early to me to try to compare if next year’s schedule is easier or more difficult … by default it will be easier. That said the home schedule will be more difficult.
My expectations for next year will be growth throughout the year and similar to 2015 the team getting more results as the season progresses.
I don’t look at what we are doing as bottoming out as much as I look at it as resetting the program and covering for roughly 3 years of recruiting that is largely non-existent
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I think the positive could be bottoming out this time meant going 6-6 or 5-7 where in the darkest days of the program, bottoming out meant winning 0-2 games. We could have been Florida State and thankfully are not.
Demond is a big catalyst either way too. He's clearly going to be the guy the next 1-3 years and speshul QBs are not easy to find. It will also be interesting to see how QB play goes nationally as the bs covid year goes away and there are less veterans out on the market.
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A very good starting QB in these still Wild West times will probably run you $1 million to $1.5 million. To your point, with Demond Williams in the fold, UW could allocate most of that cash to portal players and get 1 good DL and 1 good LB with that, maybe another good player too.
As for the scholarships, there will be one or two players who a RS-JRs this year who probably won't have their scholarships renewed. Ryan Otton may also decide to medically retire since he just can't get healthy.
So my guess is that at least 2 or 3 scholarships free up from normal attrition.
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I would bet on 5-8 guys leaving for 1 reason or another
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Also realized that Makell Esteen should also be on the list for Safeties as a Senior
