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It's always a good sign when your 5-star recruit, as the designated headliner of your nearly two-dozen commitments, shows up in your football stadium the weekend before signing day, which is what offensive tackle Kodi Greene did.

While the Huskies didn't win their game on Saturday, losing to Oregon 26-14, they had to find comfort in knowing where their prized player for the future was and that someone else wasn't getting an audience with the 6-foot-5, 320-pound Greene to tempt him with a late offer.

Greene, of course, is the coveted offensive tackle who grew up locally before moving to the Los Angeles area to play for vaunted powerhouse Mater Dei High School and was, in fact, once committed to the rival Ducks.

UW coach Jedd Fisch has made it clear -- with all of the player poaching and school flipping going on and deemed acceptable for now -- that recruiting isn't over until there's a personal signature scribbled on a document and delivered electronically to Montlake.

On Wednesday at 5:30 a.m. PT, the Huskies officially began welcoming their supposed 23 firm recruits into the program, beginning with Blaise LaVista, the 3-star wide receiver from Frankfort, Illinois.

Check and see who's officially in the fold for the Huskies. We'll continually update the chart below.

Next came 4-star wide receiver Mason James from Norman, Oklahoma followed by someone to throw to him and LaVista, quarterback 3-star quarterback Derek Zammit from Wayne, New Jersey.

Gavin Day, a 4-star safety from Las Vegas, was the first West Coast player to turn in his UW paperwork and be announced at roughly 7:30 a.m.

Paying homage to the needs of first-year defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, the Huskies were expected to bring in 12 or 13 players on that side of the ball, with the fluctuation depending on whether Dre Pollard plays offense or defense, choosing between pass-catching and pass coverage.

UW 2026 RECRUITING CLASS

Status
Brian Bonner, RB, 6-1, 185, Valencia, Valencia, Calif., 4 stars
Jordan Clay, WR, 6-4, 210, Madison, San Antonio, Texas
Derek Colman-Brusa, ER, 6-5, 267, Kennedy Catholic, Burien, Wash., 4 stars
Gavin Day, S, 6-3, 190, Faith Lutheran, Las Vegas, 4 stars Signed
Ah Deong Yang, DL, 6-3, 343, Puyallup, Puyallup, Wash., 3 stars
Rahsjon Duncan, CB, 6-1, 186, McClymonds, Oakland, Calif., 4 stars
Elijah Durr, CB, 6-1, 170, Mount Tahoma, Tacoma, Wash., 3 stars
Ramzak Fruean, LB, 6-4, 210, Bethel, Spanaway, Wash., 3 stars
Kodi Greene, OL, 6-5, 320, Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif., 5 stars
Dominic Harris, OL, 6-8, 335, Clark, Las Vegas, 3 stars
Jayden "JD" Hill, DL, 6-2, 275, Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo, Calif., 4 stars
Mason James, WR, 5-10, 175, Norman North, Norman, Okla., 4 stars Signed
Ksani Jiles, CB, 6-0, 180, IMG, Bradenton, Fla., 3 stars
Jeron Jones, CB, 6-0, 165, Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo, Calif., 4 stars
Blaise LaVista, WR, 6-2, 190, Lincoln Way East, Frankfort, ill., 3 stars Signed
Ta'a Malu, DL, 6-3, 280, Annie Wright, Tacoma, Wash., 3 stars
Dre Pollard, ATH, 6-0, 175, Clark, Las Vegas, 3 stars
Ansu Sanoe, RB, 6-1, 210, Lakeridge, Lake Oswego, Ore., 3 stars
Ezaya Tokio, LB, 6-4, 220, Oceanside, Oceanside, Calif., 3 stars
Tufanua Umu-Cais, DL, 6-3, 307, Cherry Creek, Englewood, Colo., 4 stars
Sam Vyhlidal, TE, 6-4, 225, Lake Oswego, Lake Oswego, Ore., 3 stars
CJ Wallace, PK, 5-11, 160, St. John Bosco, Bellweather, Calif., 3 stars
Derek Zammit, QB, 6-1, 190, DePaul Catholic, Wayne, N.J., 3 stars Signed

And among all of those defensive imports, the Huskies will sign as many as four cornerbacks, with Pollard possibly becoming a fifth.

With the Huskies going heavy on offensive line for the current class, they intend to sign just a pair in 6-foot-8, 330-pound Dominic Harris of Clark High School in Las Vegas and the aforementioned Greene, who began his hgh school career at Eastside Catholic in the Seattle suburbs.

As for defensive linemen, the UW was expected to confirm the addition of three more, including a pair of 4-star prospects in Tufanua Umu-Cais from Cherry Creek High in the Denver suburbs and Jayden "JD" Hill from Mission Viejo, California.

For running backs, the Huskies were awaiting the paperwork on 4-star Brian Bonner, a career 3,043-yard rusher with 58 touchdowns overall for Valencia High, north of Los Angeles, and 3-star Ansu Sanoe, who enjoyed a 1,020-yard rushing season with 17 touchdowns, including five in one game, for Lakeridge High in the Portland suburbs.

This article first appeared on Washington Huskies on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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