By
Andy Yamashita
Seattle Times staff reporter
Another young receiver is headed to the transfer portal.
Marcus Harris, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver, announced Friday he will enter the transfer portal after one season at Washington. Harris, who redshirted in 2025 and appeared in one game as a true freshman, has four years of eligibility remaining. He is the 15th player to announce a departure from the Huskies this offseason.
Harris, an Eastvale, Calif., native, played alongside current UW quarterback Dash Beierly at Southern California powerhouse Mater Dei High. Harris flipped to Washington during the early signing period on Dec. 4, 2024, after a longstanding commitment to Oklahoma, and enrolled at UW during winter quarter.
Considered a four-star prospect by the 247Sports composite rankings, Harris was one of three true freshman wide receivers who competed for snaps throughout the spring along with Chris Lawson and Raiden Vines-Bright. However, Harris suffered a lower leg injury that limited him for a majority of fall camp, sidelining him while Vines-Bright, Lawson and true freshman Dezmen Roebuck ascended the depth chart.
Harris made his only appearance for Washington during its 38-10 LA Bowl victory against Mountain West champion Boise State.
He’s the third wide receiver to enter the transfer portal since it opened Jan. 2. Vines-Bright transferred to Arizona State on Jan. 4, and sophomore Audric Harris announced his move to Hawai’i Wednesday. Starting wide receiver Denzel Boston is forgoing his final season of college eligibility to head to the NFL draft, while 2025 contributor Omari Evans exhausted his eligibility.
But Washington still has an intriguing, young group of wideouts, and players like Marcus Harris weren’t guaranteed to step into larger roles in 2026.
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Roebuck is expected to return after a breakout true freshman campaign where he caught 42 passes for 560 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. Lawson, who also missed time because of injury early in the season, gained snaps as the season developed. The San Francisco native finished his true freshman campaign with 10 catches for 115 yards in eight games, just 123 yards fewer than Vines-Bright, who played 346 more offensive snaps.
Rising junior Rashid Williams, named a starter before the 2025 season, will also return after collarbone and hand injuries prematurely ended his year after just two games.
Washington is also bringing in another highly touted group of freshmen including composite four-star prospects Jordan Clay, Trez Davis and Mason James and Blaise LaVista, whose high school career profiled similarly to Roebuck’s. Clay and Davis were signing-day flips like Marcus Harris. All four enrolled at UW on Monday in time to participate in winter quarter and are expected to be available for spring practices.
Andy Yamashita: ayamashita@seattletimes.com. Andy Yamashita is a sports reporter at The Seattle Times, primarily covering Washington Huskies football.
