Dan Raley

Dan Raley

Joined: Apr 26, 2022

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.

An injured Mady Traore leaves the floor with Quimari Peterson after the Seattle U loss.

Jordan Washington breaks away from Purdue on a 68-yard scoring run.

Franck Kepnang (11) will continue his basketball career at Kentucky.

Jonah Coleman as Denver running back.

Rylon "Batman" Dillard-Allen shows some emotion after making a big hit against Oregon.

Football

By all accounts, the University of Washington football team got a lot done during spring practice, especially on defense. Players such as linebacker Jacob Manu

Tre Moore, Texas wide receiver, has parred his schools to Miami, Ohio State and Washington.

Recruiting

Tre Moore currently holds 43 offers and surprisingly none are Texas schools.

The Purple team gathers around quarterback Demond Williams Jr. as he calls the play.

Football

The UW will host Iowa and travel to Purdue to play on week nights.

Rashid Williams hauls in a 43-yard touchdown pass in the Spring Game.

Football

The wide receiver was one of the more hard-luck players in 2025, appearing in just two games because of injuries.

Ben Ferber, right, has committed to the UW as a long snapper.

Recruiting

Ben Ferber played this past season for schoolboy powerhouse IMG Academy.

Wesley Yates III shows a little emotion on game night.

Basketball

The Huskies haven't played in it for seven seasons, and just one time over the past 15.

Champ Taulealea and Kodi Greene have a running debate at the Spring Game.

Football

The competition will come down to redshirt freshman Champ Taulealea and seventh-year senior Geirean Hatchett.

Dezmen Roebuck tries to set up a tackler in the Spring Game.

Football

The receiver came in and started 10 games for the Huskies as a freshman.

IMG Academy's Osani Gayles (13) gets brought down during a 2025 game in Jacksonville, Florida.

Osani Gayles at IMG Academy is down to five choices, the Huskies among them.

Rahshawn Clark (2) put on his uniform for the Spring Game even though he couldn't play.

After starting five games, the Husky nickelback was in recovery from shoulder surgery.

Wini Silva-Braga of Brazil has committed to the UW basketball team.

The UW reportedly has a commitment from a 6-foot-9 Brazilian forward.

Geirean Hatchett (56) is one of seven UW scholarship players who played for Kalen DeBoer and are still on the roster.

Only seven scholarship players remain who played for him in Montlake.