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Huskies Make an Offer to 2024 Chicago Edge Rusher

Marquise Lightfoot is beginning to build a big following after camp performances.
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Huskies Make an Offer to 2024 Chicago Edge Rusher
Huskies Make an Offer to 2024 Chicago Edge Rusher

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After recently supplying the Chicago Bears with a second-round cornerback in Kyler Gordon, the University of Washington football program couldn't be faulted for feeling the Windy City owes it a player in return.

On Monday, the Huskies picked him out, offering a scholarship to 4-star edge rusher Marquise Lightfoot from Chicago's Kenwood Academy and the Class of 2024.

Even with 2023 commitments left to secure, the Huskies remain in a full-court press to build relationships with recruits farther out in the process and well away from the Northwest. 

A 6-foot-5, 210-pound junior, Lightfoot currently holds 23 offers from schools such as Notre Dame, Michigan, Michigan State, Arizona State, Cincinnati, USC, Ole Miss, Nebraska and others. He attended Notre Dame's Blue and Gold spring game in April. 

Making the camp rounds, Lightfoot has watched his reputation soar after he received defensive-line MVP honors in June at the Rivals Underclassmen Challenge in Atlanta.

The on-site recruiting analysts reported how the edge rusher showed off elite quickness with both his feet and his hands during the Georgia event.

Lightfoot comes off a sophomore season in which he generated 61 tackles, 4 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery while appearing in 10 games for a 10-3 Kenwood Broncos team, which has or has had a number of FBS prospects. 

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DAN RALEY

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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