FootballHuskies add in-state recruit for 2026 class
Washington's 2026 recruiting class is starting to build momentum. And Jedd Fisch and the Huskies are starting with a focus on local recruits.
The Huskies landed their second 2026 in-state prospect on Saturday when Terrance Saryon, a 5-foot-10, 160-pound athlete who plays at Evergreen High School in Vancouver, announced his commitment to Washington in a post on his social-media accounts.
A consensus three-star prospect, Saryon is the No. 8 player in Washington, the No. 46 athlete in the class of 2026 and the No. 594 player in the country, according to the 247Sports composite ratings. However, 247Sports is much higher on Saryon, considering him the No. 4 player in the state and the No. 30 athlete by its own rankings.
Saryon held offers from Oregon, California, Illinois and Washington State, among others. UW wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings was listed as Saryon's primary recruiter, meaning he will likely begin his career on offense.
"He's quick and shifty with some wiggle and a lot of make-you-miss ability," Greg Biggins, 247Sports national recruiting analyst, wrote in an evaluation on July 28. "He's not a burner and needs to continue to improve his top-end speed but has good short-area burst and is tough to bring down in the open field."
Saryon is the fourth member of UW's 2026 recruiting class, and the second to commit in the past week. Washington received a pledge from Eastside Catholic linebacker Wassie Lugolobi, the state's consensus No. 5 player, last Sunday, in addition to commitments from running back Ansu Sanoe, out of Lake Oswego, Ore., and kicker CJ Wallace, who plays at Southern California powerhouse St. John Bosco High School.
"He has really good hands," Biggins wrote about Saryon, "doesn't fight the football and is one of the better route runners in the region as well."
Washington is set to lose two of its top three receivers this offseason. Giles Jackson and Jeremiah Hunter both exhaust their eligibility once the 2024 season ends. Additionally, third-year sophomore Denzel Boston, UW's leading receiver, is eligible for the NFL draft if he chooses to depart early.
The rest of UW's current receiver room includes sophomore Kevin Green Jr. -- an Arizona transfer who has missed the entire season with an injury -- redshirt freshmen Rashid Williams and Keith Reynolds and true freshmen Audric Harris, Justice Williams and Jason Robinson Jr.
Williams and Reynolds have been occasional contributors this season, while Harris has played in seven games and burned his redshirt.
Washington also has commitments from 2025 receivers Chris Lawson, a composite four-star prospect from San Francisco; Deji Ajose, a composite three-star athlete from Oakland, Calif.; Raiden Vines-Bright, a composite four-star receiver who plays at IMG Academy in Florida but originally hails from Phoenix; and Dezmen Roebuck, a composite three-star athlete from Marana, Ariz.
Saryon's physical profile is comparable to several of the receivers Fisch and Cummings have coached in the past or plan to in the future.
Green, who followed the coaching staff from the Wildcats, and Roebuck are both listed shorter than 6 feet.
The 5-foot-9 Jackson didn't commit to Fisch, but said he was recruited by Cummings in high school and has enjoyed a breakout final season under their tutelage. Reynolds, who's the same height as Jackson, has also shown flashes during his second season at UW, scoring his first career touchdown on a jet sweep against USC and becoming an effective kick returner.
Of course, Fisch and Cummings' greatest success with a shorter receiver is Jacob Cowing, the 5-11 UTEP transfer who became a fourth-round draft pick at Arizona.
Cowing was a two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention for the Wildcats, hauling in 175 catches for 1,882 yards and 20 touchdowns during two seasons in Tucson, Ariz. His seven-catch, 152-yard performance against Oklahoma in the 2023 Alamo Bowl earned Cowing offensive MVP honors.
Saryon will now try to replicate that success with Fisch and Cummings.
ObituaryFormer Washington rower Regier dies
Austin Regier, a national champion rower for the University of Washington men's rowing team who went on to compete in the America's Cup in September, died in a free-diving accident in the Philippines on Friday.
Regier was 27.
Regier spent most of the past year in Barcelona, Spain, training for the America's Cup competition and was on a six-week trip to Southeast Asia before planning to come back to Seattle.
Regier, often described as kind, engaging and humble, made friends everywhere he went, said his parents, Monte and Christie Regier.
"The easy thing would have been to go to Barcelona, do the America's Cup and not engage in anything," Monte said. "The first thing he did when he got there was go find a (church) youth group to get involved in and start talking with kids."
He did the same thing in Madison, Wis., where he was working as an engineer before taking a job with the American Magic yachting team.
"He made friends everywhere," Christie said. "He walks into countries and states and places where he doesn't know anyone, and in a day or two, he's got a group of friends around him because he's very friendly and engaging and welcoming."
Regier walked on to the UW rowing team and became one of the squad's leaders, coming back for a fifth season in 2021 after what would have been his final year was cut short by COVID.