Dan Raley, Sports Illustrated Journalist Profile

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Hoping for Hall of Famer: UW Offers Kid Named Canton

23 hours ago | si.com | Dan Raley

A lot of football players enter the game dreaming of winding up in Canton. Immortalized as a Hall of Famer in that Ohio city. Dressed up in a mustard-colored jacket. Then there's 6-foot-5, 260-pound offensive tackle Jamarios Canton, who's letting everyone find their way to him. This young Texan is one of the. bright young faces -- with a big body -- increasingly showing up on the recruiting circuit. On Thursday, the University of Washington's Michael Switzer made him a scholarship offer.
Jedd Fisch Rates Middle of Pack In Big Ten Coach Ranking

1 day ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Middle of the pack. That's where the University of Washington's Jedd Fisch is pegged -- specifically 10th -- in the latest Big Ten head-coaching ranking, as compiled by CBS Sports. Too high or too low? One argument is he hasn't done anything yet when looking at his debut 6-7 record with the Huskies in 2024.
Husky Roster Review: 'Batman' Played Like Superhero at Times

1 day ago | si.com | Dan Raley

In terms of catchy nicknames, the University of Washington football program welcomed players who referred themselves as "Showtime" and "Lockdown" in recent seasons, but those guys weren't able to establish lasting brands and left town. Rylon "Batman" Dillard-Allen, however, presents all sorts of intriguing superhero possibilities and appears here to stay.
Texas 2027 Receiver Already Has 42 Offers, With UW Among Them

1 day ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Trenton Yancey better watch out or he's liable to get a big head. Wrapping up his sophomore year of high school in the Dallas metro area, the wide receiver holds a whopping 42 college football scholarship offers, including one from the University of Washington. That might be a record for a kid coming out of his 10th-grade year. If you are Jedd Fisch or any other coach trying to speak with him direct, good luck. The kid might need a switchboard operator to handle all of his incoming calls.
Huskies Land on Early List for 2027 Florida Running Back

2 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Dropping a top 10 of college football choices, running back Tranard Roberts had the University of Washington listed among an impressive array of schools. Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Tennessee and Texas were the others to curry his favor. Not bad for a guy who rushed just 42 times for 300 yards and 4 touchdowns for a 7-2 IMG Academy team last season.
Husky Roster Review: UW Has Grown More Reliant on Deven Bryant

2 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Bring 100 University of Washington football players together on the practice field and everyone has a reputation for having done something somewhere. They can compare recruiting stars, recruiting visits and 40 times all they want. Yet usually what separates those who play and those who don't are the ones who can be trusted to do the correct thing, to hold up under fire, when the game is on the line. On top of the physicality, there's a necessary mindset required to be great.
Committed to UW on Weekend, Dom Harris Has New Offer from Georgia

2 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

It's never over until it's over, a wise old baseball catcher used to say. Such is the case of the recruitment for Dom Harris, who 48 hours after committing to the University of Washington football program posted on Tuesday night how he now has a Georgia offer.
Moore or Less, Here's What Happened to 2023 UW O-Linemen

3 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

It's been a year and a half since the University of Washington offensive line was deemed the greatest in college football, took bows right and left, and received the Joe Moore Award. Yet no sooner than that heavy piece of Moore hardware was delivered to Montlake for prominent display, most of the recipients got up and left. The NFL, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Arizona State came in and ransacked the place, picking and choosing what they needed from this talented group.
Husky Roster Review: Justice Is Served as Williams Has Spring Breakout

3 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

Spring football practice at the University of Washington often is a lot like a movie screening to a test audience. Players come out of nowhere like some unknown actor and suddenly have star power that wasn't there before. This happened to freshman wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright, who in the Spring Game went from bit player to leading man in just a few hours with a lot more catches than anyone else.
An Early Grade on UW Football Recruiting Efforts

3 days ago | si.com | Dan Raley

As everyone pauses between feverish recruiting weekends, and the graphic artists catch their collective breathes, the University of Washington football team turns up No. 16 on On3's latest Top 25 recruiting ranking. That seems to be more than generous at this point with the Huskies counting 11 commitments so far, with all except three of these prospects receiving 3-star assessments.