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Huskies Extend Offer to Extra-Long California Tight End

Kellan Ford has transferred to Monte Vista High, which the UW is partial to for football talent.
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Huskies Extend Offer to Extra-Long California Tight End
Huskies Extend Offer to Extra-Long California Tight End

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Kellan Ford is listed at 6-foot-5, but he seems much taller than that. 

So long and so thin, the tight end from Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, is almost giraffe-like in appearance. 

Simply put, he's an interesting football player waiting to happen once his size catches up with him. He currently weighs 220 pounds, presumably with room for another 30 or 40 before he's done.

Kalen DeBoer's University of Washington recruiters tend to agree and on Friday offered the class of 2025 prospect a football scholarship. This marked his fourth overall, along with California, San Jose State and UNLV.

The Huskies clearly are need of some tight-end help once well-utilized sixth-year seniors Devin Culp and Jack Westover finish up their college careers. 

Ford is a newcomer to Monte Vista High, again the school that previously sent quarterback Jake Haener, kicker Peyton Henry and center Corey Luciano (through the JC ranks) to the UW in past seasons.

As a sophomore, Ford played for San Ramon Valley High, a neighboring public school just three miles from Monte Vista in Danville in the East Bay. For a 12-3 team, he caught 12 passes for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns, using an incredibly long reach to frustrate defensive backs.

Now he'll finish up at Monte Vista, which has seen better days after slumping to a 1-10 showing in 2022. Ford should be able to help the once-proud Monarchs regroup and rebound from that. 

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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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