Washington is the latest school to get in on the recruitment of Jonas Williams. The 2026 quarterback is the No. 8 ranked passer in the 247Sports Composite and the No. 1 player in all of Illinois. Williams also holds offers from Ohio State, Oregon, LSU, Oklahoma, and Alabama, among others.
He spent his first two seasons at Bolingbrook High School in Illinois, throwing for 2,737 yards and 37 touchdowns as a freshman and 3,196 yards and 33 touchdowns as a sophomore. Following the season, he transferred to Lincoln-Way East, who have 2025 three-star recruits committed to MAC programs at running back and tight end.
At 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds, Williams is a bit of a deviation from Jedd Fisch’s usual type at quarterback. Fisch has relied primarily on smaller, more mobile passers at Arizona with Jayden de Laura and Noah Fifita. He also brought Demond Williams, a previous Arizona commit listed at 5-foot-11, 187-pounds, with him to Montlake as the heir apparent at quarterback.
But Fisch has shown a willingness to offer big-time recruits at quarterback in his short time with the Huskies, even with Demond in the fold. Washington has now offered five of the top ten quarterbacks in the 2026 class, per 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Only one of those players, No. 4 quarterback Dia Bell of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is committed to a school, after recently his pledge to coach Steve Sarkisian and Texas.
The Huskies have also offered Ryder Lyons of Jake Browning’s alma mater Folsom High School, four-star Brady Smigiel of Newbury Park, California, and Narbonne quarterback Jaden O’Neal in addition to Williams.
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Washington ! @AllenTrieu @ChadSimmons_ @SWiltfong_ @adamgorney @LWEastFootball @EDGYTIM pic.twitter.com/jSeZcIXxWj
— Jonas Williams (@JonasWilliams_1) June 20, 2024