The Washington Huskies have been breaking in an entirely new offensive group over the offseason after stars Michael Penix Jr., Rome Odunze, Jalen McMillan, and Troy Fautanu, among others, took their talents to the NFL.
The new group of wide receivers has big shoes to fill, but luckily, the team believes they have a group that can do that around quarterback Will Rogers. California transfer Jeremiah Hunter and sophomore Denzel Boston are expected to be the top two wide receivers, with several players behind them picking up the slack.
Boston has been the talk of Husky camp in both the spring and fall, making highlight play after highlight play throughout the offseason, and will look to dominate when the regular season begins.
After an adjustment period to learn coach Jedd Fisch’s offense, Boston said during fall camp that “everything is starting to come together,” adding that the receivers’ “timing with the quarterbacks is coming together” with a week remaining before the start of the regular season.
This should be an extremely encouraging sign for Washington’s coaching staff. It’s very challenging to get 11 brand-new players who are still learning to play together prepared for a season, and on top of that, they’re all learning a brand-new scheme.
Boston and Hunter have a chance to form one of the nation’s best wide receiver duos and could be contested catch monsters for Rogers. Adding in players like Giles Jackson, Audric Harris, and Rashid Williams should only make the offense better as they assume bigger roles throughout the season.
The Huskies will open their season against Weber State at home on August 31 in what could be the perfect situation to work on that timing that Boston mentioned.