WEST LINN, Ore. -- Since Class of 2017 cornerback Elijah Molden committed to Washington, he has been asked the same question countless times: What was the one thing that made you commit to the Huskies?
During his recruitment -- and really, since he came out of the womb -- he had seemed an almost-lock for Oregon. His father, Alex, had played for the Ducks in the 1990s and was an All-American there in 1995. His mother is also an Oregon alum. Molden's family moved to West Linn, Oregon, just an hour and a half from Eugene, in 2006.