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Oh Brother, Huskies Could Win With Family Football Connections

Four sets of siblings will come through Montlake in the coming seasons.
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The Hatchett brothers share a Husky football moment.
The Hatchett brothers share a Husky football moment. | UW

Of all the quaint identifying labels affixed to the University of Washington football team over decades past, such as Purple Reign, Death Row Dawgs and DBU, a new one might be in order, beginning this season in earnest and continuing on for several more.

Band of Brothers.

The Huskies stand to start the Hatchett siblings, Landen and Geirean, next to each other at center and right guard on the offensive line for the coming season -- something that hasn't happened since they opened games together in 2019 at Ferndale High School.

They would become the first brothers to start at the same time as UW football players since Dave and Steve Hoffmann opened at linebacker and defensive tackle in 1992.

There's more.

Lowen and Derek Colman-Brusa share a moment with KING-TV's Chris Egan.
Lowen and Derek Colman-Brusa share a moment with KING-TV's Chris Egan. | Chris Egan

With Armon Parker healthy again, he and his twin brother Jayvon are poised to play together for the first time at the UW since arriving for the 2022 season.

Entering his fourth season with the Huskies, Armon hasn't appeared in a college game yet after suffering a pair of knee injuries, but he just got through spring football without any problems. Jayvon is still in recovery from an Achilles tendon injury.

They finally should be ready to share in UW football as active players getting into games for the first time this coming season.

Armon and Jayvon Parker were at the Sun Bowl together, though they were injured and didn't play.
Armon and Jayvon Parker were at the Sun Bowl together, though they were injured and didn't play. | UW

With the recent commitment coming from Kennedy Catholic High edge rusher Derek Colman-Brusa, which will reunite him with his older sibling Rowen in two seasons, the Huskies stand to have brother tandems stretching through the 2028 or maybe longer if a redshirt is involved.

Add to that the Greenes, walk-on redshirt safety safety Kayden and 2026 offensive-tackle commit Kodi coming next year, and family runs deep in Montlake.

Band of Brothers.

The name originally gained widespread attention as an American wartime miniseries on HBO.

If all of these sets of siblings turn out to be as successful as the UW coaching staff thinks they will, many football battles likely will be won.

It's all relative.

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Dan Raley
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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