Washington’s recruiting board for the class of 2028 is taking shape. What follows is where things stand with a handful of 2028 names, along with a glance at the recruitments of a few high school sophomores from the class of 2029.
Here’s the latest intel I’ve gathered.
Class of 2028 Updates
Aedyn Havili, DL (4 stars) — Eastside Catholic (Sammamish, Wash.) Havili is a 325-pound interior lineman, a consensus top-100 player nationally and ranked as the No. 1 recruit in Washington per Rivals Industry Ranking. After making a gameday visit to Husky Stadium for the Apple Cup, he shared: “What stood out most to me was the freshmen starting . . . knowing that Fisch and staff will play the best is pretty cool."
Phoenix Evans, DB (4 stars) — IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) Evans is among the most coveted defensive backs in the class, with more than 40 offers. He’s, by his own account, on the phone with Jedd Fisch nearly every day. "Me and Coach Fisch speak almost every day," he told SeaTown Sports, adding that he's planning to be in Seattle for the Minnesota game on Sept. 26.
Kingston Brown, DL (4 stars) — Carver (Columbus, Ga.) Brown is one of the more imposing interior prospects in the class, with more than 25 offers before his junior season. He visited LSU this month and has seven more fall visits scheduled: Alabama (9/19), Tennessee (9/26), Missouri (10/10), Auburn (10/24), Florida State (10/31), Notre Dame (11/7), and Washington on Nov. 21. He says he has no leader and hasn't ranked anyone. “I'm really just enjoying the process and focusing on getting to know everyone better.”
Myles Tate, EDGE (4 stars) — Woodward Academy (Atlanta, Ga.) Tate is an elite pass rusher with over 35 offers. In-state Georgia is likely the favorite. But something has shifted lately. “UW has come on strong the last few weeks,” he told SeaTown Sports in early September. He is planning to make a gameday visit to Washington this season.
Emmanuel Pullins, WR (4 stars) — Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) Pullins is a burner — a 10.4 in the 100 meters — and a top-5 receiver prospect in California. Asked which programs have done the best job staying in touch, he named Washington, Arizona State, Michigan and Oregon. “Still a little early to pick favorites,” he told SeaTown Sports, “but I definitely strongly appreciate them for showing me the love.”
Kinnard Mahomes, CB (4 stars)— Mount Saint Joseph (Baltimore, Md.) Mahomes is another East Coast defensive back where the Huskies are in good standing. Mahomes, a ballhawking corner who intercepted nine passes as a sophomore, listed Washington among the schools standing out and reaching out most, along with Michigan, Indiana, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Iowa, Tennessee, Stanford, Northwestern and West Virginia.
Kaicen Carter, LB (3 stars) — Federal Way (Wash.) Carter is a three-star linebacker recruit and one of the top ten-ranked 2028 players in the state. He says Washington is one of three schools recruiting him hardest, along with Arizona State and Oregon.
MyKel Ramos, CB (3 stars) — Sierra Canyon (Calif.) Ramos, who recently transferred to Sierra Canyon from Mater Dei, told me that Washington and UCLA have been the strongest with communication and are recruiting him the hardest, with Oregon, Arizona State, and Kansas also in contact. He doesn’t have a favorite yet, but he attended Washington’s spring game back in May, and he’s returning to Montlake for a gameday visit on Nov. 7 against Penn State.
Micah Hannah, CB (3 stars) — Simi Valley (Calif.) Hannah is a three-star corner with a USC bloodline — his father, Travis, played receiver for the Trojans — and he was at their home opener in August. Washington is on his fall visit list (11/21), along with other West Coast stops: Cal, UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.
TJ Maddox, WR (3 stars) — St. Augustine Prep (N.J.) Washington is in play for another New Jersey recruit. Maddox has nine fall visits set, with the majority of them happening near New Jersey: Syracuse (9/12); Penn State (9/26); Rutgers (10/3); Nebraska (10/10); James Madison (10/17); North Carolina (10/24); UConn (11/14), and Wake Forest (11/28). He listed Rutgers, Washington, and Syracuse as the three schools recruiting him hardest.
Kentae Davis, RB — St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) Short and to the point: asked which offers stand out, Davis named one. “Offers that are standing out right now are Washington,” he told SeaTown Sports, adding that he has a couple of visits he wants to take during the season.
Class of 2029 Updates
Here are four names worth knowing in the class of 2029:
Kamari Wilson, DL ( 4 stars) — Mount Tahoma (Tacoma, Wash.) Wilson is the No. 1-ranked 2029 recruit in Washington per Rivals Industry Ranking. He told SeaTown Sports in late August that Oregon, Washington, and BYU are the three schools standing out. He made his first gameday visit to Washington for the Apple Cup.
Bryce Tuiasosopo, TE — Manvel (Texas) The name will be familiar. Bryce is the son of Marques Tuiasosopo, the Rose Bowl-winning quarterback who later coached at Washington. The family ties are real, and so is the recruitment: he named Washington as one of his standouts, along with UCLA and SMU, and UW is one of six visits he has scheduled — Sept. 26, for the Minnesota game. Tight ends coach Jordan Paopao extended the offer in June.
Kaydon Tatum, WR — O’Dea (Seattle, Wash.) Tatum moved from Arizona to Seattle this year. Now at O’Dea, the 6-foot-5 receiver is one of the top local prospects. He named just two standout offers — Auburn and Washington — and visited UW for the Apple Cup.
Rush Williams, WR — Katy Jordan (Fulshear, Texas) One more name Husky fans will recognize is Rush Williams, the son of Reggie Williams. Reggie was a consensus All-American who went ninth overall in the 2004 draft. Rush has over 20 offers as a sophomore — Alabama, Texas, Miami, Texas A&M, Oregon, Tennessee and on down the list — with fall visits set for Texas, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Washington is not among them, but I would be surprised if the Huskies did not get involved at some point.
Washington Huskies Fall Recruiting Visit Tracker (Class of 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030)
Getting high school recruits on campus this fall is a priority for the Washington Huskies coaching staff. More often than not, for Washington to be in serious contention for a recruit in the subsequent spring and summer, they will need to have secured that recruit's on-campus visit during one of the team’s home games this fall.