Yesterday, I began to review the Huskies 2012 recruiting class that signed on Wednesday. Today, I’ll continue that as I move to the running backs. This should be fairly easy, seeing how there’s not very many of them. That’s also a problem though, I don’t know exactly who’s playing running back and who’s playing linebacker so I’ll give it my best guess. I’m about to drop a Psalm on you!
- Psalm Wooching, FB – Psalm is already in my top 20 favorite Huskies of all time. First, there’s his name. It truly is one of the coolest names I’ve ever heard. It makes me smile every time I see it. Secondly, there’s this video. That is Psalm Wooching. That is fire dancing. That is Psalm Wooching fire dancing! I’ll have to check the record books but I don’t think any Husky player has ever done this aside from Joe Jarzynka (I’m just assuming he did because he did everything). Most of all, Psalm could be a pretty darn good football player. Sark has looked for a fullback in the form of Stanley Havili since he arrived at U-Dub. He thought he found one in Zach Fogerson but he had to retire because of injuries. In his press conference on Wednesday Sark sounded hopeful saying, “So Psalm Wooching, I think, will really have an instant impact in our offense, an added dimension we haven’t had here for a couple of years.” Wooching played running back in high school (along with fullback and linebacker) and rushed for 815 yards and 15 touchdowns. He’s from Hawaii, as you might have guessed, and is 6-3, 217 lbs. He may have to add a little bit of weight to become a steady fullback. I think he’ll play right away as the Huskies big back though because that is something the Dawgs are missing on offense. Wooching was committed to UCLA before their coaching change but reconsidered and chose UW a couple of weeks before signing day. Psalm is rated as a 3-star recruit by most recruiting services. I’m looking forward to this guy, if you couldn’t notice.
- Erich Wilson II, RB – Wilson comes from San Mateo, California, where he had an excellent senior season. Wilson rushed for 2,106 yards and 33 touchdowns. He rushed for 9.6 yards per carry, which is a pretty great number. The high school he came from has some amazing athletes come out of it (Tom Brady, Lynn Swan) and he broke quite a few records there. When you’re breaking Lynn Swan’s records you’re doing something right. There was a small possibility of him playing on the defensive side (he’s listed as a fullback by Scout.com) but it seems that he’ll be on offense. Sark also mentioned that he could be an asset on special teams. He’s 6-1, 190 lbs. and was also offered by Colorado. He’s listed as a 2-star by Scout.com but it doesn’t seem like he was actually scouted by them so who knows. He’s a good addition and will added some needed depth. I don’t know if he’ll redshirt or play this year because there isn’t a lot of depth at the position and with a couple of injuries he’d be thrust into playing.
Overall Grade: B-
I really like the addition of Psalm Wooching. As Sark said, he’ll add something to the offense and will be used. Wilson is somewhat of an unknown and who knows if he’ll be better or worse than Keivarae Russell (who’s a prospect the Huskies missed out on from Washington) in the long run. This class could be judged by that. There could be other guys in this class who switch to running back, like Ryan Mcdaniel but, as of now, most of them will start on the other side of the ball. This isn’t a thrilling group of players in this position, but it’s solid and will be interesting to follow going forward.
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