This is a good year for a “rebuild” in college football. Not a lot of great teams out there
Washington picking up an SJSU linebacker that had over one fucking hundred tackles last year is a complete difference make and game changer.
Washington will always have a few roster holes at certain positions. The portal fixes that. I've said it before and will say it again - Washington with a good coach and the portal is leveling up everything about the football program.
Remember 2019? Even Petersen, a good coach, trotted out Manu and some other guy who ended up not being good. DDY legend, forget his name.
In 2024 we have 2 legit stud LB, and still got a monster that was overlooked out of HS and developed in the Mountain West. The best of the western FCS and G5 schools will have their players transfer to UW. We will pay them more than any other program besides maybe Oregon and USC, and they seem to be coming here. And these guys are all really good. Valdez, Lynch, Broussard, etc. Hunter from Cal at WR. UW is doing a better job than anyone at identifying and landing transfer talent on the West Coast, rather easily.
Washington made the natty last year and came so close with a transfer QB, RB, WR2.
Roster holes get filled in the snap of a finger these days. Even the Portland State center has looked pretty good so far. Hatchett came in at C and promptly shanked a snap. Keep him at guard and have Henning be the backup and C of the future.