Washington Huskies Football 2021 Recruiting Class
Incoming defense
Another one of Huard’s high school teammates, defensive lineman JT Tuimoloau is a top-five national recruit. He hasn’t committed to any school thus far. Alabama and Ohio State are the favorites, but UW is still in the race. So there is always a chance that Tuimoloau sticks around to play for his local college.
The Huskies have three other defensive linemen they did sign. The new men in the trenches are Von Tunuufi out of South Jordan, Utah, Siasoi Finau, a Hawaiian native who played his high school ball at Renton, and Kuao Peihopa from Makakilo, Hawaii.
An interesting project joining the program is outside linebacker Maurice Heims out of Hamburg, Germany. Heims hasn’t played any organized football for a couple of years, so he won’t make an immediate impact. Expect U-dub to redshirt him in 2021, so he can back into football condition.
Another exciting player on his way to Washington is safety/inside linebacker Will Latu out of Bethel in Tacoma. A fantastic athlete, Latu played safety and running back in high school. Although he was all-state safety in 2019, he was also an honorable mention at running back. Those are talents UW can take full advantage of.
The rich got richer as the Washington Huskies signed two highly touted cornerbacks to their talented group of defensive backs. Zachari Spears is from Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California. He comes in as the number 29th ranked cornerback in the nation and 37th best prospect in California by 247Sports.com.
The other cornerback is Dyson McCutcheon. He is the grandson of NFL great running back Lawrence McCutcheon. Safety Vincent Nunley from Oakland is the only other D-Back to sign this year.
Bishop Amat's (CA) @DysonMccutcheon is one of the baddest dudes in all of California.
Straight baller no matter where he lines up.
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The ones who got away
Those are the players who make up the incoming class of 2021. The Huskies did have three in-state players they gave offers to but decided to go elsewhere. They are receiver Emeka Egbuka out of Steilacoom (Ohio State), Julien Simon from Lincoln in Tacoma (USC), and Arizona State-bound receiver Lonyatta Alexander, from Burien.
We wish the best to this talented group of athletes. Now that the 2021 recruiting cycle is over, the Washington Huskies can work on the class of 2022. Go Dawgs!