The Washington Huskies coaching staff got a chance to hit the recruiting trail during the team’s bye week and made an impact on more than just the 2025 class. Four-star linebacker Samu Moala released his top 10 on Sunday night, including coach Jedd Fisch’s team among some of the nation’s other elite programs.
Moala, a product of Leuzinger High School in Lawndale, California, is considering Washington alongside Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, USC, and others. At 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, Moala is listed as the No. 18 edge rusher by 247Sports but has made a name for himself playing inside linebacker.
“I like inside backer because I can play in the box and make plays sideline to sideline,” Moala told 247Sports’ Greg Biggins in February. “It’s a fun position for me, but in college, I think there’s a good chance I’ll grow into an edge rusher, and I’m good with that.
In the spring, Moala also said he was interested in Washington before coach Kalen DeBoer’s staff left for Alabama, but it appears that his interest in the Huskies has been renewed.
“I liked Washington a lot too, but that staff is at Alabama now,” he said in February.
DeBoer’s staff was the second to offer him a scholarship, but it appears linebackers coach Robert Bala and the rest of Fisch’s staff have done a great job developing a relationship with the nation’s No. 160 overall player in the 2026 class and have kept the Huskies in the race for his services as he cut his list of offers down from 25 to 10.