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Previewing the Washington offense before Saturday’s game in Eugene

Washington has the pieces to become a good offense, but for whatever reason, it hasn’t quite all come together yet.

Washington’s offense was as prolific as any offense in the country last season with Michael Penix at quarterback.

The key word in that sentence is was.

Without Penix and a handful of receivers that left after the 2023 season, the Huskies have had a difficult time replacing that talent, and the offense on the whole has suffered.

Replacing Penix is Will Rogers, a senior transfer out of Mississippi State. While he is nowhere near what Penix did for the Huskies, Rogers is having a very good season in his own right despite being benched a couple of times in favor of true freshman Demond Williams, Jr.

Rogers is completing 71 percent of his passes good for 2,458 yards and 14 touchdowns, but it’s those seven interceptions that has caused first-year coach Jedd Fisch to go to the true freshman from time to time.

In the ground game, the Huskies feature one of the best tailbacks Oregon is going to face, according to Oregon coach Dan Lanning. Besides Ashton Jeanty of Boise State, Washington’s Jonah Coleman is one of the better running backs that appears on the Duck schedule. The transfer from Arizona hasn’t disappointed. He has a career-high 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns.

Washington has a good tailback, a better-than-average quarterback, and the Huskies have a pair of receivers that can do damage as well.

Wide-out Denzel Boston had plenty of reasons to transfer out of Washington with the coaching change and the uncertainty of his role as a first-year starter. But he stuck it out and now leads the Huskies with 764 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.

On the other side of the field is receiver Giles Jackson, a veteran who started his career at Michigan in 2019. After two seasons in Ann Arbor, Jackson found his way to Seattle. This season, he leads the team with 68 catches, good for 663 yards and two touchdowns.

Broncos scouts are zeroing in on these college football teams

Broncos scouts have been paying close attention to Oregon and Washington games this fall. Here are the prospects to know from those schools.

Going into this weekend’s slate of college football games, the Denver Broncos have spent more time scouting the Oregon Ducks and Arizona Wildcats than any other college football programs.

That’s according to NFL draft pundit John Vogel, who reported last week that Denver scouts have attended three Oregon games and three Wildcats games this fall. Broncos general manager George Paton also attended the Washington Huskies game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in September.

The most notable prospect among the four colleges mentioned is Arizona wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, the top receiver in the 2025 class. The Wildcats’ offense also features offensive lineman Jonah Savaiinaea.

Oregon has a host of prospects who could interest Denver’s staff, including receivers Tez Johnson and Evan Stewart, offensive tackles Josh Conerly and Ajani Cornelius, defensive linemen Derrick Harmon and Jordan Burch, and running back Jordan James.

Washington’s prospects of note include running back Jonah Coleman, safety Kamren Fabiculanan and receiver Giles Jackson. Meanwhile, the Rutgers’ offense features offensive tackle Hollin Pierce and running back Kyle Monangai.

With Broncos scouts and executives checking in on those programs, the above players will be worth monitoring this fall. The 2025 NFl draft will be held in Green Bay from April 24-26. Denver holds seven picks.

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Arizona running back Jonah Coleman transfers to Washington to join Jedd Fisch

Arizona is retaining some players, but not all of them. Washington and Jedd Fisch are getting in on the action.

Arizona football fans rejoiced on Saturday when they learned that quarterback Noah Fifita and receiver Tetairoa McMillan stayed in Tucson and refused to join former coach Jedd Fisch with the Washington Huskies. Arizona has done reasonably well in terms of retaining quality players for 2024 and its first Big 12 season under new coach Brent Brennan. However, some losses are going to occur. One is running back Jonah Coleman.

Arizona’s Rivals site has more on the departure of Coleman to Seattle, where Fisch will try to pick up the pieces for a Washington roster which itself has been gutted by the NFL draft and by the fact that previous coach Kalen DeBoer left for Alabama.

We wrote about Washington last week:

“Washington knows that the elite players who stayed for the 2023 season and lifted the Huskies to the national championship game will be going to the 2024 NFL draft. Rome Odunze is a surefire first-round draft pick. Other Huskies will be taken in the first 100 picks and give Washington a significant presence at the draft.”

USC has a chance to pick off Arizona and Washington players in the portal. We will see how these player movements continue to unfold.

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Tennessee offers 2022 all-purpose back

Tennessee offers 2022 all-purpose back.

Tennessee has ventured to the west coast and offered a versatile playmaker Jonah Coleman.

He is a junior at Lincoln High School in Stockton, California who is part of the 2022 recruiting class.

Coleman is a 3-star prospect on 247Sports, and is rated the No. 2 all-purpose back in his class, and No. 35 in the state of California. While Tennessee is the first SEC program to offer Coleman, the 5-foot-9, 180-pound all-purpose back has received offers from Arizona State, Oregon State, Fresno State and New Mexico.

California is not playing high school football in 2020, so Coleman has not had a chance to put more on film this season. In 2019, however, Coleman rushed for over 1,500 yards and 30 touchdowns, while adding four receiving touchdowns on the season.

Tennessee has just one prospect committed to its 2022 recruiting class, in 3-star defensive end Jimmy Scott from Hamburg, New York.