With promising young players in the room like redshirt freshman Quaid Carr and true freshman Brian Bonner, ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura highlighted sophomore running back Jordan Washington as a stealth player to watch this fall.
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“He may not be under the radar in Seattle, but with just 30 carries over the past two seasons, Washington hasn’t emerged on the national scene,” Bonagura wrote on ESPN.com.
“As a senior, Washington finished second in the 100-meter dash at the California State Track Meet (his personal best was 10.31) and was an explosive four-star football recruit at Jordan High in Long Beach. Washington averaged 8.6 yards per carry on 27 attempts last season for the Huskies, but was never a significant part of the rotation at the position. Without the team’s top two running backs from a year ago, Washington hopes to have more opportunities this year. year, even with the transfer additions of Jayden Limar (Oregon) and Trey Cooley (Troy).”
However, after suffering a neck injury early in spring practice, Washington has a ways to go in his recovery before returning to the field.Advertisement
“Right now, we’re just day-to-day with Jordan, waiting to see how he does once the neck brace comes off, and then we’ll go from there, make a decision on how his rehab goes, and then we’ll make a decision if he can participate in training camp, and then we’ll see how it goes from there,” Fisch said of Washington State after the team’s second practice.
“But we are very hopeful that he can return to camp, and if he returns to camp, then he will be another great weapon.”
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: ESPN considers speedy Washington Huskies RB a potential breakout star