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Huskies Gain Junior Day Commitment from IMG Defensive Back

Ksani Jiles, originally from Southern California, gave his pledge to the UW on Sunday.

Dan Raley

Ksani Jiles, a SoCal safety at Florida's IMG Academy, has committed to the UW.
Ksani Jiles, a SoCal safety at Florida's IMG Academy, has committed to the UW. / JIles

Junior Day activities brought the University of Washington football team a Sunday morning commitment from 3-star defensive back Ksani Jiles even before the Husky basketball game tipped off.

The 6-foot, 195-pound player from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and the Class of 2026 originally was a Miami pledge and holds 23 offers, with Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Penn State and USC among his options.

Originally from Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, Jiles told the On3 recruiting site that he had made a connection to the Husky football staff that was unmatched.

Jiles, a versatile defender who can play safety, cornerback and nickel, was part of a 40-player contingent hosted by the Huskies over the weekend, bringing many of its top 2026 targets to campus.

On February 7, he de-committed from Miami, two days after receiving an offer from the Huskies.

This past season, Jiles moved from Southern California and played for a 7-2 IMG team in central Florida that counted wide receiver Raiden Vines Bright, originally from Tempe, Arizona, as one of his teammates. The two likely spent a lot of time going one-on-one during practice.

Now they'll take that connection and competition to Montlake.

if nothing else, Jiles is a confident player, advertising himself on a social-media site as "the best DB in the nation."

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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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