The Washington Huskies coaching staff is looking to build on the success it has had with its 2025 recruiting class in 2026. Wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings has handed out offers to several talented prospects, and some of his top targets are starting to emerge.
One of those targets is three-star Rico Blassingame, a product of Tolleson Union High School in Tolleson, Arizona. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound prospect, who is originally from the state of Washington, holds 16 scholarship offers and on Sunday, trimmed that list down to 10.
He included Washington, which he called his “dream school” when he was originally offered by Kalen DeBoer’s staff in 2023, along with three other Big Ten schools: Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He also included Jedd Fisch’s former school, the Arizona Wildcats, along with Texas A&M and others.
“It means a lot,” Blassingame told Bucky’s 5th Quarter of the interest he’s received from Washington’s new conference. “The Big Ten being a Power 4 conference, one of the biggest conferences in football, it definitely means a lot. I feel like I got a lot to work on, going to have an option to go to that conference. I know what to expect. It’s going to be cold wherever I go in the Big Ten. But some schools that stuck out, Wisconsin, for sure, Washington, Minnesota, reaches out a lot. Indiana reaches out a lot.”
Blassingame, who is ranked as the No. 5 player in Arizona by the 247Sports Composite, has an extremely high ceiling at wide receiver, partially due to his 6-foot-7 wingspan, which allows him to consistently reach over defenders and highpoint the ball.
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— 3⭐️ WR Rico Blassingame (@Ricoblass2026) September 15, 2024