Jedd Fisch and the Washington Huskies coaching staff are nowhere close to done adding to the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star wide receiver Donovan Olugbode has developed a strong relationship with position coach Kevin Cummings and now, the product of IMG Academy has set his commitment date.
On July 5, Olugbode will choose between Florida, Missouri, Oregon, USC, and Washington. In recent days, national recruiting analysts named the Huskies a strong contender to secure his services, and Rivals’ Adam Gorney named Washington the leader to secure the nation’s No. 69 overall player.
“There could be a surprising leader here,” Gorney said. “The Gators have pushed along with Missouri and others but the Huskies have been getting a lot of chatter recently.”
In a class that already has three wide receiver commits: Deji Ajose, Dezmen Roebuck, and Olugbode’s teammate, Raiden Vines-Bright, he stands above the rest.
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“For IMG, Olugbode was a target vacuum who seemed to catch everything that came his way,” Huskies Wire’s Ben Glassmire said in his evaluation. “His body control is among the best in his class and combined with elite sideline awareness, he is a reliable target outside the numbers. He does many of the little things that can make a receiver successful, and this bodes well for him for his potential future at Washington.”
If Olugbode were to commit to Washington, he would have the opportunity to be firmly in the mix to start from his first day on campus. The Huskies are losing seniors Jeremiah Hunter and Giles Jackson who are out of eligibility, which could give the nation’s No. 11 ranked receiver a quick path to the field.
That could give the 6-foot-1, 200-pound prospect a similar development track to Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, who was the highest-ranked prospect in Jedd Fisch’s inaugural 2022 recruiting class in Tucson.
As a true freshman, McMillan pulled in 39 receptions for 702 yards and 8 touchdowns, and while those numbers are extremely hard to replicate, they could symbolize the role that Fisch and Cummings are selling Olugbode on.
If he picks Washington, Olugbode would symbolize a new era of recruiting in Seattle under Fisch.