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Football Dots
- The big news out of yesterday was the commitment of Aaron Fuller, a three-star wide receiver out of Allen, Texas. Join our discussion of the development here.
— Coach Petersen (@CoachPeteUW) July 16, 2015
Glad to say that I've decided to commit to the University of Washington! #UDUB pic.twitter.com/ok7XTTAQys
— Aaron Fuller (@AF9822) July 16, 2015 - Scott Eklund assesses the impact Fuller will make ($), and spoke to the wide receiver about what attracts him to Montlake.
- Christian Caple and Adam Jude posted updates about the wide receiver's commitment, as well.
Dallas Morning News ranks newest UW commit Aaron Fuller (@AF9822) as the area's No. 1 receiver -- http://t.co/bWRezog5BO
— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) July 16, 2015 - Check out Fuller's Hudl page, including these highlights from his junior year.
- Eklund also considers how Washington is doing with its other 2016 targets at wide receiver.
- Dwayne Washington was named to the Doak Walker Award watch list, which is given to the best running back in college football.
- Despite an uneven 2014 season, Ted Miller says that Chris Petersen's seat is as cool as a cucumber.
- Komo 4 News produced a segment on the Lift for Life fundraising program that several UW football players are spearheading.
Post this. Please support UW's Lift for Life tomorrow to benefit Pediatric MS awareness and research! http://t.co/Gm3XQQEm1p #woof
— Shaq Thompson (@ShaqThompson_7) July 16, 2015 - ESPN's Erik McKinney writes about where Pac-12 programs stand in recruiting the high school athletes who attended The Opening. ($) About Washington, he says:
- Chantel Jennings says that Washington's defensive backfield is in great shape; Meanwhile, David Lombardi assigns Washington to the "we'll see" category when assessing Pac-12 North teams at the linebacker position.
- Chris Fetters summarizes Phil Steele's outlook for the Huskies. In short: 2015 does not look promising.
- Kevin Gemmell says that the matchup of Washington against Boise State is the most enticing prospect for a Week One road trip in the Pac-12.
- There is no offseason for Budda Baker.
@Chris_Fetters University of Washington DB @buddabaker32 named top performer #LiveRepsNJuly after snagging 4 INT's pic.twitter.com/jejtawRuLd
— Tracy Ford (@TFordFSP) July 16, 2015 - Austin Seferian-Jenkins wants four-star tight end prospect Devin Asiasi to follow in his footsteps.
@asibo_ come to TE U, be the Next Great one to wear the purple n Gold. #Royalty #BestTeCoachInCollegeFootball is at The Dub
— Austin SJ (@Aesj88) July 16, 2015 - Ted Miller writes that scheduling imbalances will give some Pac-12 South teams an easier road to the 2015 conference championship game than others.
- A pair of users from the /r/cfb subreddit put together some Pac-12 football desktop backgrounds that just might interest you.
- USA Today college football reporters Paul Myerberg, George Schroeder, Dan Wolken and Nicole Auerbach have started a new podcast, called The Football Four.
- One of these days, someone is going to get the famously introverted Jaydon Mickens to come out of his shell.
After finishing a marketing photo shoot, @UW_Football receiver @jaydiggla4 stuck around for more photos. #UWHuskies pic.twitter.com/Ol1R05wwW2
— Mason Kelley (@masonkelley12) July 15, 2015 - The UW Athletics Twitter account had a nice Throwback Thursday post.
.@UW_Football emerges from the Husky Stadium tunnel in 2001. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #UWHuskies pic.twitter.com/SQWPKEtamC
— Washington Huskies (@UWAthletics) July 16, 2015
Washington has made almost no noise on the recruiting trail during this cycle, as the Huskies have just five verbal commitments -- tied with Colorado for the fewest in the conference. But Washington has won fairly significant recruiting battles for all five prospects, including three four-star recruits and the two three-star prospects who attended The Opening -- linebacker Camilo Eifler, who announced his commitment at the event, and running back Sean McGrew. Head coach Chris Petersen will have an opportunity to flex his muscles again in-state -- as he did while cleaning up locally with the 2015 class -- with the Bellevue duo of Isaiah Gilchrist and Isaac Garcia. He also has his sights set on some big fish out of state, such as No. 6 overall prospect Rashard Lawrence, who visited campus recently, California stars Steffon McKnight and Tyler Vaughns, and Arizona's Byron Murphy -- all ESPN 300 prospects. Petersen had too much success in closing the 2014 class and putting together the 2015 group to think he won't begin building something big this fall.
Misc. Dots
- Pacific Takes' Jack Follman brainstormed a handful of ideas for Pac-12-centric "30 for 30"-style documentaries.
- O'Dea High School outfield prospect Jacob Hirsh is headed to Washington.
Honored to have committed to attend and play baseball at the University of Washington. #GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/BUmLPSHNcR
— Jacob Hirsh (@JHirsh2016) July 16, 2015 - Mason Kelley's latest piece zooms in on Deja Strother of the women's basketball team, and what drew her to the University of Washington.