It's assuring for UW fans to have Coach Fisch's assessment so closely confirms what we all saw on the field on New Year's Eve. Of course, there's another part to this whole new world of college sports.

Taylor Mays, a former O'Dea High School star, is reportedly returning to Seattle to become Washington's new safeties coach.

A one-time five-star recruit in the 2006 class out of O'Dea, a private Seattle-area high school that has produced many UW players, highlighted by record-setting running back Myles Gaskin, Mays is a unique choice for Fisch since the two never crossed paths during their time in the NFL.

Jedd Fisch prefers the UW Huskies built primarily around players recruited out of high school. Is that how the CFP teams built their O-lines?

Brock Huard delves into how the UW Huskies' success in developing players is a major tool for Jedd Fisch on the recruiting trail.

Washington has some questions to answer after losing a majority of its 2024 defensive contributors. Here's a way-too-early projection for UW's defensive depth chart.

Cook left the Longhorns program in the middle of the 2024 season, a move that head coach Steve Sarkisian said was "mutual." Cook then joined the Washington Huskies in the December transfer portal window,

Johntay Cook II, who transferred from Texas to Washington, is reportedly leaving the Huskies football program less than a month after committing to the school.

Jedd Fisch is promoting one assistant and hiring a former Pac-10 standout, sources tell FootballScoop. Washington head coach Jedd Fisch is making one promotion and one hire to help account for losing defensive coordinator Steve Belichick and one off-field staffer to North Carolina .

The Washington Huskies have signed several players from the transfer portal. Coach Jedd Fisch will try to regroup with the team's newest acquisitions to compete for a playoff spot later this year.

Texas transfer wide receiver Johntay Cook, one Washington's 2025 portal gems, is no longer a part of the program.

Safety Peyton Waters, UW’s most recent portal entrant, burned his redshirt in 2024 after playing in all 13 games, primarily on special teams. UW added two players at his position from the portal – FIU transfer CJ Christian and Northern Arizona transfer Alex McLaughlin – making it unlikely Waters was going to see the field much next season.