Washington has a busy few days ahead with visits galore for top portal targets

Right now the score for Washington is 2 exits through the portal and 0 entrants. That will likely fast though as the Huskies have a number of prospects who have already taken visits this week or will be taking them in the next several days. Buckle up because things are about to pick up in a major way.

If a player below got a more extensive write-up in the last edition of the portal tracker last Thursday then I focused on their recruitment more than any player analysis. That means I recommend going back and reading last week’s article here first if you happened to miss it. Plus, it adds some more context to how things have already changed in a week.

The below rankings are all based on my own system that factors in performance on the field, playing time, and recruiting ratings. It’s slightly more complex than that but if you’re wondering why a particular player is rated so well, they probably started early in their career, have played well, and were a top recruit. If a player seems to be rated more poorly than you’d think it’s probably because they were an unrated recruit out of high school.

Targets Committed Elsewhere Since Last Update

CB Will Lee III– Kansas State, Current Portal Ranking: 80.0, #3 CB, #42 Overall

Lee narrowed things down to a final 3 of Texas A&M, Washington, and Louisville and was planning on taking official visits to those schools in that order. He never made the flight from College Station to Seattle. It’s closer to home (he’s from Missouri), he gets to play in the SEC, and he gets to play for a defensive head coach. Plus I’m sure the NIL situation there didn’t hurt either.

DL Nate Clifton– Vanderbilt, Current Portal Ranking: 65.1, #14 DL, #262 Overall

Clifton had ties to Washington through DL coach Inoke Breckterfield who spent one season as Clifton’s position coach before coming to Washington. However, Clifton opted to commit to USC on his first visit.

Players Offered By and/or Visiting Washington

QB Will Rogers– Mississippi State, 1 year of eligibility remaining

Current Portal Ranking: 87.3, #5 QB, #12 overall

There are now multiple reports that Rogers will be taking an official visit to Washington this weekend. From the day the portal opened there were rumors that Rogers would be a primary Husky target. Now that Dylan Morris has entered the portal it is a given that UW is looking for a stopgap option at the quarterback position and Rogers makes a ton of sense. He’s the #2 passer (by total passing yards) in the history of the SEC although it didn’t hurt that he’s also the only starting quarterback to have run the air raid in that conference. Given all of the smoke around Rogers, it would have to be considered an upset if he doesn’t end up wearing purple and gold at this point.

RB Jo’Quavious “Woody” Marks– Mississippi State, 1 year of eligibility remaining

Current Portal Ranking: 93.2, #1 RB, #2 overall

Reportedly coming along with Rogers on that visit is his running back Woody Marks. During his time at MSU, Marks carried about a 60/40 share of the workload with Dillon Johnson and they put up very similar numbers. During the 2020-22 seasons Marks had 1,351 rush yds, 1,016 rec yds, and 21 total TDs on 4.6 yards per carry. Johnson had 1,209 rush yds, 853 rec yds, and 12 total TDs on 5.3 yards per carry. DJ was more efficient but had fewer touchdowns and on fewer touches.

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