SI All-American Football Candidates in Washington
Fifteen high school football players from the state of Washington are on the watch list for the Sports Illustrated All-American team for 2020, SI announced today.
“The state of Washington features outstanding depth in this recruiting cycle but what stands out is how many guys are truly national recruits, like J.T Tuimoloau, Emeka Egbuka, Julien Simon and Sam Huard. And that’s just a flavor,” said SI director of recruiting John Garcia Jr., who also noted that one high school -- Kennedy Catholic in Burien -- accounted for 25 percent of the SIAA nominees from the state.
In all, 1,000 players from across the nation have been selected to the watch list.
For a breakdown of which of the nominees across the nation have verbally committed to or are considering Washington and Washington State as their college choice, head to:
Video highlights, scouting analyses and a list of each player’s college verbal commitment and/or top college contenders can be found on their bio pages, broken down by state, at SIAllAmerican.com.
The Washington state honorees are:
- J.T. Tuimoloau - 6-5 / 280 / DL/TE from Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic)
- William Reed - 6-5 / 260 / OL from Sammamish, Wash. (Eastside Catholic)
- Sam Huard - 6-2 / 180 / QB from Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic)
- Jabez Tinae - 6-1 / 190 / WR from Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic)
- Jaraye Williams - 6-3 / 197 / OLB from Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic
- Junior Alexander - 6-2 / 170 / WR from Burien, Wash. (Kennedy Catholic)
- Owen Prentice - 6-3 / 275 / OG from Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea)
- Josh McCarron - 6-4 / 215 / OLB from Everett, Wash. (Archbishop Murphy)
- Clay Millen - 6-3 / 188 / QB from Snoqualmie, Wash. (Mount Si)
- Caden Jumper - 6-3 / 245 / TE/QB/LB from Eatonville, Wash.
- Siaosi Finau - 6-3 / 255 / DT from Renton, Wash.
- Emeka Egbuka - 6-1 / 190 / WR/CB from Steilacoom, Wash.
- Julien Simon - 6-2 / 220 / LB/WR from Tacoma, Wash. (Lincoln)
- Will Latu - 6-2 / 220 / SS/RB from Spanaway, Wash. (Bethel)
- DJ Fryar - 6-3 / 205 / LB from Steilacoom, Wash.
The evaluation process will continue throughout the season “until the list of 1,000 contenders coalesces around just 25 young men who can say proudly they are the best of the best -- they are Sports Illustrated All-Americans,” said Garcia.
Sports Illustrated will narrow the candidates to 250 in October, 99 in November and then announce a first-team of 25, second-team of 25 and an honorable mention group in December. The first-team selections will be invited to the SI Sportsperson of the Year banquet.
Over the coming weeks, SI will unveil its preseason top 10 for each of 14 position groups (kicking off with quarterbacks this week). SI will unveil its initial preseason top 99 ranking, the SI99, on August 24.