“Let’s get players that fit the specs in each position room that we’re looking for, and that we think is going to elevate us to the upper echelon of the conference,” Washington Huskies director of player personnel Matt Doherty said of the coaching staff’s recruiting approach for the 2025 class.
Four-star athlete Dylan Robinson is one player who fits those specs in every way. A product of Bonita High School, the 6-foot-3, 190-pound prospect is ranked as the nation’s No. 9 athlete and No. 172 overall recruit in the 2025 class by 247Sports, and chose the Huskies over 17 other offers, including Notre Dame and UCLA.
The promising prospect starred on both sides of the ball at the high school level and is expected to play cornerback when he arrives in Seattle in January, even though Doherty said that wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings and cornerbacks coach John Richardson are “still fighting” over him.
As for evaluating what Robinson brings to the table, Doherty said he made that easy thanks to his impressive measurables and 10.8 100-meter dash track speed.
“He’s the son of a college coach, from a family of athletes, he just checked every box in terms of what the indicators of success are: multi-sport athlete, family background, and then the metrics as far as the speed and size. He has an impressive body type, [prospects] have to look a certain way. You know it when you see it and then you go from there. The body type and then all the numbers and all the other things that come into the fold, that’s all great, but it’s does he look the part and what does he do with it on tape?”
Robinson’s tape shows a player who looks like he could be a promising building block no matter which coach wins the fight for his services, but on defense, he could become an early contributor in Steve Belichick’s scheme. He is set to enroll in January and has all the tools necessary to become a key figure on Montlake for years to come.