Saturday’s Recruiting Showdown: Three Huskies on the Clock
Three high school prospects—cornerback Censere Gaylord, offensive lineman Dajohn Yarborough and fellow lineman Lincoln Mageo—will each unveil their college destinations on Saturday via Rivals’ makeshift YouTube sports network. Gaylord chooses between Georgia, Georgia Tech and Washington at noon PT; Yarborough decides among California, Florida State, Mississippi State and the Huskies at 3 p.m.; and Mageo wraps things up at 4 p.m., picking from Michigan, Utah or UW. On3 sees Georgia for Gaylord, Cal for Yarborough and Michigan for Mageo, though each decision might defy the odds.
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to tune into a live announcement featuring buffering wheels, audio dropouts and commentators begging for a better Wi-Fi signal, here’s your chance. Think of this as the preseason of streaming dramas, where each recruit holds the remote to his own destiny. Will Washington crash the party or get ghosted like a bad Tinder date? Place your bets, stock up on popcorn and hope the feed doesn’t crash before Lincoln’s last name scrolls across the bottom.
Hatchett’s Broken Path: From Sidelines to Snap Counts
Landen Hatchett, a 6-foot-3, 314-pound offensive lineman for the Huskies, has battled injuries almost every step of his UW career. He debuted as a freshman in 2023, only to tear an ACL before the Sugar Bowl. After missing spring ball, he earned a starting guard spot midseason but fractured his wrist in the ninth game, forcing him out of the LA Bowl and another spring practice. Despite 31 games played and 15 starts (10 at center), Hatchett has yet to string together a full healthy season. Now he’s back, eyeing a breakout run as Washington’s primary snapper.
Meet college football’s very own crash-test dummy—minus the snazzy orange jumpsuit. Hatchett’s résumé reads like a medical journal: sprains, breaks and the occasional heroic one-armed snap. He’s the human embodiment of “start, stop, repeat” and still somehow dreams of the NFL draft stage. If resilience were an Olympic sport, he’d be America’s flag bearer—but let’s be honest, he’d probably sprain something in the parade.
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