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Huskies Roll the Dice on Another Vegas Kid, Now 3 and Counting in Commits

Two-way athlete Dre Pollard gave the UW his scholarship pledge on Tuesday night.
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Dre Pollard, Dom Harris and Gavin Day, all Las Vegas recruits, are UW commits.
Dre Pollard, Dom Harris and Gavin Day, all Las Vegas recruits, are UW commits. | UW

They made a movie once called "Leaving Las Vegas." The sequel is titled "Moving to Montlake."

On Tuesday night, Andres "Dre" Pollard, described as a two-way athlete, committed to the University of Washington football team -- the third from that Nevada city to recently cast his lot with Jedd Fisch's program, and second from his Clark High School.

Pollard, with his elite 4.37-second 40 speed and 10.7 100 meters, joins extra-large offensive tackle Dom Harris from his high school and safety Gavin Day from Faith Lutheran, each of whom has committed to Fisch's staff over the past 10 days.

With his mobility, Pollard likely pencils out as a cornerback, which would be the UW's fourth commit at that position in this recruiting cycle, but his ability to run could make him a wide receiver, as well. At the very least, look for him to return kicks.

For a 5-6 team, Pollard comes off a junior season for Clark in which he piled up 1,847 all-purpose yards and scored 15 touchdowns,

He ran 54 times for 707 yards and 8 TDs.

He caught 35 passes for 568 yards and 4 scores.

And he returned two kickoffs and a punt for TDs.

Defensively, Pollard came up with 32 tackles and an interception.

As for a position, pick 'em.

The Huskies just seem to be getting faster and faster with their personnel.

Sophomore Demond Williams Jr., who reportedly runs a 4.4 40, stands to be the speediest quarterback among all Power 4 teams this coming season. He'll be handing off to redshirt freshman running back Jordan Washington, who appears to be a 4.4 and a tick faster than him.

Considered a 3-star prospect, Pollard chose the Huskies over the likes of Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, BYU, Minnesota, Stanford and others.

Pollard was the second Tuesday commit for the UW, joining tight end Sam Vyhlidal from Mountainside High School in Beaverton, Oregon.

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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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