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Megwa Enters Portal, Thanks Lake Staff for Husky Opportunity

The Texas running back was never able to practice at the UW because of an injury.
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Megwa Enters Portal, Thanks Lake Staff for Husky Opportunity
Megwa Enters Portal, Thanks Lake Staff for Husky Opportunity

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Emeka Megwa surfaced on social media on Tuesday night, revealing he'd entered the transfer portal and thanking University of Washington football coaches for the opportunity to play at the school.

What was noteworthy was the freshman running back's message, which seemed to indicate his Husky football experience didn't end well.

The 6-foot, 213-pound Megwa from Fort Worth, Texas, offered his gratitude to Jimmy Lake's departed staff — not Kalen DeBoer and company now in place who are preparing to open fall camp on Thursday.

Mega didn't respond to a message asking whether he had left the UW voluntarily.

A 4-star recruit, Megwa signed with Lake's coaches 13 months ago, choosing the Huskies over Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas and Arizona State, forgoing his entire senior year of high school.

He suffered a preseason knee injury with his high school team and chose to enroll in college and come to Seattle to begin his rehabilitation. He wasn't able to practice last fall.

During spring football with DeBoer, Megwa underwent a second surgery and went home to Texas, according to a teammate. He never attended any UW practices. It wasn't clear how debilitating his injury was and whether he would ever be the same player.

Once spring ball was over, Megwa simply disappeared from the Husky roster in June without fanfare. A school official confirmed he had transferred out. 

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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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