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Huskies Offer Yet Another Arizona Recruit

The UW pursues a junior cornerback from the Chandler High powerhouse.
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Huskies Offer Yet Another Arizona Recruit
Huskies Offer Yet Another Arizona Recruit

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Niko Clark plays cornerback for an Arizona high school football powerhouse, the suburban Chandler Wolves, southeast of Phoenix.

Chandler is so successful it won five consecutive state championships before losing this past season to Saguaro High 20-15 in the title game. 

The Wolves are responsible for countless college players, including four who have become No. 1 NFL draft picks in defensive end Dion Jordan (Oregon) to the Miami Dolphins, defensive end Cameron Jordan (California) to the New Orleans Saints, safety Adam Archuleta (Arizona State) to the St. Louis Rams and wide receiver N'Keal Harry (ASU) to the New England Patriots.

Chandler currently has a quarterback named Dylan Raiola, who transferred in from Burleson, Texas, where he played for former Central Washington and NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, and is considered the nation's No. 1 recruit for 2024.

Oh yeah, there's Clark, coming fast, too.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound junior lists himself as Arizona's top defensive-back prospect for the Class of 2024. He comes off a season in which he came up with multiple interceptions for the Wolves, including a 26-yard pick six runback.

And now he has his first scholarship offer, coming over the weekend from the University of Washington. He recently visited Arizona. Texas is beginning to show interest.

By our count, Clark is the 10th Arizona prospect offered by Kalen DeBoer's new Husky coaching staff, three coming in the last couple of days. Others  are running back Kobe McGill of Highland High and the Class of 2024 and linebacker Zach Thompson from Gilbert High and the Class of 2025.

McGill and Clark actually retweeted each other's UW offers as a show of Arizona respect. 

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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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