Taylor Mays, a former O'Dea High School star, is reportedly returning to Seattle to become Washington's new safeties coach.

Safety Peyton Waters, UW’s most recent portal entrant, burned his redshirt in 2024 after playing in all 13 games, primarily on special teams. UW added two players at his position from the portal – FIU transfer CJ Christian and Northern Arizona transfer Alex McLaughlin – making it unlikely Waters was going to see the field much next season.

It's assuring for UW fans to have Coach Fisch's assessment so closely confirms what we all saw on the field on New Year's Eve. Of course, there's another part to this whole new world of college sports.

The Purdue Boilermakers are on a hot streak, and the Washington Huskies are struggling. Keep track of the action here.

Cook left the Longhorns program in the middle of the 2024 season, a move that head coach Steve Sarkisian said was "mutual." Cook then joined the Washington Huskies in the December transfer portal window,

Purdue Boilermakers (7-10, 0-6 Big Ten) at Washington Huskies (12-6, 3-3 Big Ten) Seattle; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Washington hosts Purdue after Sayvia Sellers scored 30 points in Washington's 82-69 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.

Coaching changes have been rampant as defensive coordinator Steve Bellichick followed his dad, Bill, to the North Carolina Tar Heels, and one of the top transfer portal additions, WR Johntay Cook, was dismissed from the team earlier this week. After a tough season that finished with a 6-7 record, the offseason has been up and down so far.

The Purdue women's basketball team fell on the road to conclude its West Coast swing, dropping its Saturday afternoon contest at Washington 87-58.

A one-time five-star recruit in the 2006 class out of O'Dea, a private Seattle-area high school that has produced many UW players, highlighted by record-setting running back Myles Gaskin, Mays is a unique choice for Fisch since the two never crossed paths during their time in the NFL.

Cook, who entered the transfer portal in November after parting ways with Texas, has now reportedly left Washington just weeks after transferring. The former five-star recruit signed with Texas in 2023 as one of the program's star-studded recruits alongside quarterback Arch Manning. However, Cook saw his playing time dwindle this season.

North Carolina football continues to add talent to “Chapel Bill,” the newest moniker for the Bill Belichick era. Except the Tar Heels’ newest defender Thaddeus Dixon shares a Washington connection with the new head coach’s son.