For the Washington Husky defensive staff, recruiting defensive lineman was not a big issue during the Jimmy Lake era. Studs like Danny Shelton, Vita Vea, Greg Gaines and Levi Onwuzurike came to UW with solid accolades, and each exceeded those stars next to their name on the 247 sports site during their Husky careers.
Highly rated talent has continued to enter the program, but the results have not been as good for the three and four star defensive linemen joining the Huskies in the past few classes.
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2021: Not Great
The defensive line play in 2021 was all over the place.