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Huskies Add Offensive Lineman from Sam Houston

Kolt Dieterich was an 18-game starter for the Conference USA team.
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Kolt Dieterich will transfer to the UW from Sam Houston.
Kolt Dieterich will transfer to the UW from Sam Houston. | Dieterich

The University of Washington football team has added its first transfer portal pick-up, with former Sam Houston offensive tackle Kolt Dieterich committing to the Huskies over the weekend, according to his social media accounts.

The 6-foot-6, 310-pound junior from Riesel, Texas, will join the UW with two seasons of eligibility remaining after appearing in 28 games and starting 18.

Similar to Carver Willis who arrived from Kansas State a year ago, Dieterich plays right tackle -- where Drew Azzopardi has started 24 games for the Huskies over the past two seasons -- which means he'll have to be flexible in where he lines up in Montlake.

Dieterich joins the Huskies after experiencing the real highs and lows of Sam Houston football.

This past season, he and his teammates suffered through a miserable 2-10 season -- with wins only over Oregon State (21-17) and Delaware (26-23) -- that left them tied for last place in Conference USA.

Sam Houston, located in Huntsville, Texas, got throttled by Texas (55-0), New Mexico State (37-10) Louisiana Tech (55-14) and FIU (56-16).

In 2024, Dieterich started six of the final seven games for a Bearkats team that went 10-3, finishing up with a 31-26 victory over Georgia Southern in the New Orleans Bowl. One of his team's losses came to UCF and current UW linebacker Xe'ree Alexander, 45-14 in Orlando.

Dieterich hails from Riesel, Texas, which has a population of 1,062, and sits in the Waco suburbs.

As a full-time starter this past season, he and his team came to the Northwest and won their first game of the season by upsetting Oregon State in Corvallis.

He'll likely provide depth for a UW offensive line that will return four of its five starters in left guard John Mills, center Landen Hatchett, right guard Geirean Hatchett and Azzopardi, and has a 5-star recruit in Kodi Greene coming in to try and replace the graduated Willis at left tackle.

Kolt Dieterich (79) started 18 games at Sam Houston.
Kolt Dieterich (79) started 18 games at Sam Houston. | Dieterich

In one ranking, Dieterich was considered the 64th best player available in the transfer portal, though it's not clear how that was determined.

In another breakdown, he emerged from Conference USA as the second-highest graded offensive lineman.

The Huskies will continue searching for additional players, with a defensive tackle, a cornerback, a wide receiver and a running back at the top of their needs.

The UW has now added one and lost three, with junior linebacker Devin Bryant committing to USC over the weekend, sophomore wide receiver Raiden Vines-Bright joining Arizona State and senior defensive tackle Bryce Butler going to Texas Tech.

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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