Washington this week added wide receiver transfer Johntay Cook II from Texas. He immediately becomes one of the highest rated recruits in the last decade of the Husky program. Cook was the 31st overall player in the 247 Sports Composite in the class of 2023. In recent Husky history that’s only matched by Sam Huard (12th) and Sav’ell Smalls (30th) for players who committed to UW out of high school. QB Jacob Eason was 5th overall in his class before transferring back in-state to UW from Georgia.
None of those players went on to fulfill what seemed like their destiny coming out of high school.