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The last 72 hours have been a whirlwind for four-star wide receiver Marcus Harris. On December 1, the nation’s No. 245 overall prospect and No. 31 wide receiver according to the 247Sports Composite was committed to the Oklahoma Sooners before backing off his pledge, and now he’s picked Jedd Fisch and the Washington Huskies.

The 6-foot, 185-pound product of Southern California powerhouse Mater Dei became the fifth receiver to join Washington’s exciting 2025 class, joining four-star prospects Chris Lawson and Raiden Vines-Bright, and three-stars Deji Ajose and Dezmen Roebuck.

Thanks to his time at Mater Dei, Harris has also developed strong chemistry with another Husky commit, three-star quarterback Dash Beierly. A strong route runner with field-stretching speed, he possesses the ideal skillset that wide receives coach Kevin Cummings is looking for, as someone who can run the full route tree both in the slot and out wide.

Harris, who was deciding between Arizona State, Colorado, and Michigan, held 31 total offers at the time of his commitment, including Alabama, Georgia, Penn State, Oregon, and others.

With his commitment, Cummings has put together a very impressive class in his first full cycle on Montlake and could assemble an exciting supporting cast around quarterback Demond Williams Jr. in 2025.

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The Washington Huskies made a strong push to add one of the nation’s best wide receivers, four-star Donovan Olugbode, to their 2025 class but that push ended on Wednesday morning, when the four-star wide receiver from Florida’s prestigious IMG Academy chose to stick with his commitment and sign with the Missouri Tigers.

Olugbode, who is ranked as the nation’s No. 68 overall prospect and No. 11 wide receiver by 247Sports, took an official visit to Seattle in May before choosing to commit to the Tigers in early July. However, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound prospect returned for an unofficial visit to Washington for the Huskies’ 31-19 win over UCLA in mid-November.

That visit made it clear that wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings was making a push to add a highly-rated prospect to round out his 2025 class, which already includes four prospects: four-stars Chris Lawson and Raiden Vines-Bright, and three-stars Deji Ajose and Dezmen Roebuck.

Despite a late push from the Huskies to pull off a signing day shocker, a lot like Cummings did with Tetairoa McMillan in his first year at Arizona, Olugbode, who is originally from Chicago, Illinois, will play in the SEC.

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(This post has been updated with new information)

The Washington Huskies are pushing hard to add another wide receiver to coach Jedd Fisch’s impressive 2025 recruiting class ahead of the early signing period. The period opens on Wednesday, December 4, and four-star wide receiver Marcus Harris is looking to make his commitment shortly before it opens.

The product of California powerhouse Mater Dei, which also houses three-star Washington quarterback commit Dash Beierly, was committed to Oklahoma until December 1, but has quickly narrowed his options.

Harris holds 31 offers from Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Penn State, and others, but according to Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz, has narrowed his choices to Arizona State, Colorado, Michigan, and Washington ahead of a Tuesday night decision.

Update: At a little after 9:00 p.m. PST, Schultz added to his report, stating that Harris added Arizona and Wisconsin to his top schools and pushed his commitment out to a date that is TBD.

Wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings has also been in hot pursuit of four-star Missouri commit Donovan Olugbode, but Harris would also be a significant addition to his group. The 6-foot, 185-pound prospect is ranked as the nation’s No. 245 overall player and No. 31 wide receiver by the 247Sports Composite. He also brings an exciting skillset to the table.

“Harris is one of the top pass catchers in the country with a really nice all around game,” 247Sports’ Greg Biggins said in his evaluation. “He’s an explosive player who can get behind a defense, runs well after the catch and is a sure handed pass catcher with strong hands that you can go to on key third down plays. He has a strong frame, high level body control and routinely makes the acrobatic catch look easy. He has excellent hand-eye coordination and is one of the better receivers we’ve seen making contested catches with a corner draped over him. He’s an advanced route runner who can turn a defensive back around and create easy separation, you can line him up out wide or in the slot and he has an advanced feel for the position in terms of reading coverages and how to get open.”

Just 24 hours after the Washington Huskies lost four-star offensive lineman Zac Stascausky to the Oregon Ducks, Jedd Fisch’s coaching staff struck back, flipping three-star offensive lineman John Mills away from the Texas Longhorns.

Before he committed to the Longhorns in June, Mills was viewed as a priority target for offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll and the Huskies and took an official visit to Seattle on May 31 with other critical targets for Washington’s coaching staff. However, the product of St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco, California, had a change of heart.

“Mills is already a big kid, with near college-ready size…and quick feet for a big man. The schools after him are a good tell of his underrated athleticism (Michigan, Cal, Florida, and Texas),” his evaluation on On3’s Inside Texas says. “All those schools are also programs that like size and mobility at guard, which is where Mills is most likely to end up. In high school he’s a powerful tackle that protects the edge well in pass protection and roots out ends with relative ease. At the next level he’ll have the quickness to be good in the zone running game or as a puller once he’s added the requisite strength.”

Like most of the other prospects Carroll has earned commitments from, Mills has the versatility to play both tackle and guard at the college level, and the 6-foot-6, 320-pound prospect, who is ranked as the No. 45 offensive tackle and No. 45 prospect in California by 247Sports, is a great add for Washington’s coaching staff just before signing day.

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The Washington Huskies suffered another loss to the Oregon Ducks, this time on the recruiting trail, as four-star offensive tackle Zac Stascausky announced his decision to flip his commitment to coach Dan Lanning’s staff just before early signing day.

“Growing up, I’ve always been an Oregon fan,” he told HighSchoolonSI’s Andrew Nemec. “My grandfather went there, my mom went there, my sister goes there. My grandpa was a long-time fan with posters on the wall. He passed away last year. I wish he could’ve seen it all happen. That was always my dream as a kid and what he wanted for me. I wish he could’ve seen it, for sure.”

Stascausky, a product of Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon, began the summer as a Minnesota commit before Jedd Fisch, offensive coordinator Brennan Carroll, and Washington’s coaching staff earned a pledge from him in early August. From that point on, his recruitment exploded.

He rocketed up from a three-star prospect, ranked in the mid-70s at his position by 247Sports, to the nation’s No. 19 offensive tackle prospect and No. 164 overall recruit in the 2025 class as offers from Georgia, Michigan, and Oregon came in, and the allure of the programs seemed to call to him.

The 6-foot-6, 275-pound prospect took official visits to all three schools, with the Ducks receiving the final visit for their 49-21 drubbing of Fisch and the Huskies. Less than 24 hours later, the coveted prospect announced his decision to stay home, which dropped Washington’s class from No. 19 to No. 21 in the country.