Three-star offensive lineman Lowen Colman-Brusa is an exciting in-state prospect for the Washington Huskies’ 2025 class. However, it took a while for the 6-foot-5, 285-pound prospect to develop into the player who earned a scholarship offer from coach Jedd Fisch and offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll.
Along with changing his diet to lean out and improve his impressive mobility at tackle, former Kennedy Catholic High School head coach Sheldon Cross had to tap into the elder Colman-Brusa’s angry side. During his freshman season, Cross, who is now the offensive coordinator at Stetson University, used to blast heavy metal music on a boombox right behind him throughout practice just to bother him.
“I was confused,” Colman-Brusa told Sports Illustrated’s Todd Miles. “I had no idea what he was doing.”
“He would say, ‘Lowen, you play too nice, buddy!'” he continued. “For me, I was still growing into my body. I was a late bloomer from the beginning…It took me a little bit to find out who I was. Over time, I have changed. A big part of that is my confidence level went up huge. It helped me play more freely. And once I was more free, I could feel my strength, my size and I was getting more (football) violent.”
Now that Lowen is committed and learned how to become more violent on the football field, Washington’s coaching staff has turned its attention to his younger brother, four-star edge rusher Derek Colman-Brusa, the No. 1 player in-state prospect in the 2026 class. If the Huskies can secure his younger brother, the pair could form a powerful combination at the college level too.
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