Skip to main content
Inside The Huskies

UW Offers San Diego LB Who's Changed His Body Shape

The Lincoln High recruit adjusts to a 50-pound weight gain.
Dan Raley|
UW Offers San Diego LB Who's Changed His Body Shape
UW Offers San Diego LB Who's Changed His Body Shape

It's called a growth spurt.

A tall, willowy David "D.J." Peevy, a linebacker from San Diego's Lincoln High School, has turned himself into a much more desirable 6-foot-4, 210-pound prospect since first enrolling.

After practically living in the weight rookie, he's roughly 50 pounds heavier while awaiting his senior year.

Admittedly, Peevy said the added bulk has taken a little getting used to, but he finds it necessary to achieve his football goals. The analysts describe him as a "hyper athletic linebacker."

"I want to be more physical, that's what I am working on," Peevy told Recruiting News Guru. "If I had more physicality, I would have made more plays this season. My hands, I am working on my hands with technical movements on the line. I need to learn how to run with this weight. I was 160 pounds. Running with 210 pounds, it is different. It is not the same, but I am getting used to it now."

Recruiters are warming up to a bigger Peevy, too. On Monday, the University of Washington offered a scholarship to the Class of 2023 player, this coming after a recent offer from Oregon. 

This Husky staff has seen him from all angles, with Kalen DeBoer's coaches offering Peevy last summer on behalf of Fresno State. 

Others who have pitched a scholarship at him are Arizona, Oregon State, San Jose State, Utah State, Colorado State, Morgan State, Colorado and Nevada.

For an 8-4 Hornets team, the young linebacker comes off a season in which he finished with 37 tackles, 3 of which were sacks. 

Peevy could always run and spends springtime on the track team competing in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes plus a pair of relays. 

Now as this bigger body with all that speed, more and more people are running to him, offers in hand. 

Go to si.com/college/washington to read the latest Husky Maven stories as soon as they’re published.

Not all stories are posted on the fan sites.

Find Husky Maven on Facebook by searching: Husky Maven/Sports Illustrated

Follow Dan Raley of Husky Maven on Twitter: @DanRaley1 and @HuskyMaven

Loading recommendations... Please wait while we load personalized content recommendations

Published
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.

Home/Recruiting