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It's safe to say that Jedd Fisch and his staff, while taking over the University of Washington football program, never really could say good bye to the Arizona
Dontay Tyson, middle, is shown on his recent UW recruiting visit with staffer Kekoa Crawford and receivers coach Kevin Cummings. | UW It's safe to say that Jedd Fisch and his staff, while taking over the University of Washington football program, never really could say good bye to the Arizona desert.
On Friday night, the Huskies received their 17th recruiting commitment for the Class of 2027 -- and fourth from Arizona -- when 4-star wide receiver Dontay Tyson Jr. from Peoria High School in Peoria revealed he would be joining them. Leaning to the UW throughout his recruitment, the 6-foot-3, 185-pound pass-catcher picked Fisch and Company over Texas A&M in the end.
He took his official visit to Montlake last weekend and was set to tour A&M one last time next week. Only California has supplied more 2027 commits to Fisch's team than Arizona this time around, with five players pledged from there.
Tyson also becomes the fourth wide receiver for this UW recruiting class, joining fellow Arizonan in 6-foot, 175-pound Zerek Sidney from Desert Edge High in Goodyear; 6-foot-3, 195-pound Braylon Pope from Sumner High in Sumner, Washington; and 6-foot-4, 215-pound Tre Moore, from Weiss High in Plugerville, Texas. Pope and Moore are considered the top receivers in their respective states, while it might be a toss-up as to who's the best between Sidney and Tyson in Arizona.
In three seasons in Peoria, Tyson has caught 109 career passes for 1,448 yards and 18 touchdowns, with his senior year still to go. He was even better as a sophomore, pulling in 45 passes for 647 yards and 7 touchdowns for a 6-4 finisher. Wanted to thank all staff and coaches who treated me and my family with so much hospitality. And also showed me what it would be like to be a DAWG!!
When Fisch and his staff moved from Arizona to the UW, they brought three Arizona-based recruits with them in quarterback Demond Williams Jr. from Basha High in Chandler, and running back Adam Mohammed and offensive guard Michael Levelle Watkins from Apollo High in Glendale. While Williams is entering his second season as the full-fledged Husky QB starter, Mohammed and Watkins ultimately transferred out to California and San Diego State, respectively.
Mohammed, pegged to be the UW starter before leaving, recently had a 58-yard run in Cal's Spring Game. In this current class, the UW also holds commits from Arizonans in 4-star quarterback Blake Roskopf from Desert Edge High in Goodyear, where he is teammates with Sidney; and from 4-star running back Jeremy Adeyanju from O'Connor High in Phoenix, a school that previously supplied the Huskies with edge rusher Braylon Trice now in the NFL.
Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.
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