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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