Jedd Fisch’s Arizona pipeline has been working overtime.
After securing a number of transfers from the Wildcats when Fisch left for Washington, the new Huskies staff also brought in quarterback of the future Demond Williams and potential future starters Michael Watkins and Adam Mohammed from the Grand Canyon State. The Huskies then added record-setting wide receiver Dezmen Roebuck in the 2025 class.
And on Friday, Roebuck was joined by Mountain Pointe safety Rylon Dillard-Allen, a three-star safety prospect the Huskies have been chasing for months.
Dillard-Allen chose Washington over Texas A&M, UCLA, and Alabama, where Kalen DeBoer and his staff continued to recruit the safety after leaving Washington this winter. He told Sports Illustrated prior to his commitment that he “was close to that staff before they left Washington.”
But ultimately, Montlake will be Dillard-Allen’s home. In further comments to Sports Illustrated, the Phoenix area native said Fisch and company were “the first staff to offer me. The relationship I’ve built with them through the years stands out. When they were at Arizona I was the no. 1 guy on their board. I was already pretty high on Washington, but those coaches left. So another staff I was close to came in and substituted their spot, so I wasn’t tripping on their situation.”
No. 1 guy on Arizona’s board is high praise, and it’s probably safe to assume that Dillard-Allen was pretty close to pole position on the board when the staff moved over to Washington, even as the Huskies brought in safeties coach Vinnie Sunseri from the pro ranks.
Dillard-Allen fits the traditional Husky DB profile as someone who can play outside cornerback, slot corner, or safety. Listed at 5-foot-11and 165 pounds by 247Sports, he’s a similar body type to former Husky Swiss Army knife Elijah Molden, now with the Titans. But most recruiting services believe the Arizona recruit will stick at safety thanks to his elite speed (he reportedly runs a 4.29 40-yard dash), where he could tandem with freshman Peyton Waters as the future of the position for the Huskies.
Washington’s 2025 class continues to fill out with the commitment, reaching pledge No. 24 of the cycle with Dillard-Allen’s commitment. The Huskies appear to be well on their way to a top 20 recruiting finish, which would be their first since 2020.
That class produced recent NFL Draft picks Rome Odunze, Roger Rosengarten, and Jalen McMillan, alongside a number of projected starters in 2024 like Carson Bruener, Gaard Memmelaar, and Elijah Jackson.
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