Washington is the latest school to get in on the Deacon Schmitt sweepstakes.
The Colorado native has had a busy junior season after being named first-team all-conference at Windsor High School as a sophomore, drawing offers from Alabama and USC in the past week. Colorado both offered and hosted the offensive lineman for an unofficial visit earlier in October as well.
Now, the Huskies have joined the fray for the No. 8 player in Colorado, according to 247Sports. Schmitt has yet to be ranked in the 247Sports Composite ratings despite leading Windsor to an average of 211 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground to start his junior season.
The 2026 lineman plays tackle in high school but is graded as an interior offensive lineman by 247Sports. That fits with the type of player Washington has recruited under offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll – transfer right guard Enokk Vimahi played sparingly at tackle early in the season, and freshman guard Paki Finau has been mentioned as a fill-in option at left tackle with Maximus McCree and Soane Faasolo dealing with injuries.
Washington has five offensive linemen committed in the 2025 class as Carroll and head coach Jedd Fisch work to avoid a repeat of this spring when the Huskies had just seven healthy offensive linemen at times. But with just two players – athlete Ansu Sanoe and kicker CJ Wallace – committed in the 2026 class, the Huskies have yet to add to the trenches despite extending 19 offers to offensive linemen thus far.
With Schmitt still on the rise, Washington may have gotten in early enough to sway the Colorado native into staying in the western part of the country.