Washington Huskies wide receiver signee Dezmen Roebuck has had an impressive high school career at Marana High School in Arizona. After being named Arizona’s Gatorade State Player of the Year, he was also given the state’s top honor, the Ed Doherty Award, on Saturday.
Roebuck set a state record with 352 receptions over his career at Marana and finished No. 2 all-time with 4,239 receiving yards and joined a prestigious group that includes Atlanta Falcons star Bijan Robinson to earn the award.
“It means a lot to me coming from a small town that wasn’t really known my freshman year,” Roebuck told All Sports Tucson’s Javier Morales. “It’s a big award. Not a lot of people get to be in a position that I am in. I’m just blessed.”
When he committed to Washington in June, Roebuck was a little-known prospect who didn’t hold many other major offers, but Jedd Fisch’s coaching staff has shown that it has an eye for talent and trusts extremely productive players from Arizona. In 2024, that was running back Adam Mohammed and Roebuck is looking to make his mark on the Husky program once he arrives on campus.
“I’m very excited to get up there and play with Demond Williams Jr. who was just here at Basha [High School],” he said. “I’m just excited to get up there and go to work.”