{"id":70916,"date":"2024-12-26T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=70916"},"modified":"2024-12-25T21:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T02:50:45","slug":"washingtons-transfer-portal-departures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2024\/12\/26\/washingtons-transfer-portal-departures\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington’s Transfer Portal Departures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Winter transfer portal continues to shape next season\u2019s college football landscape. Nine former Washington Huskies have committed to their new programs thus far in December. Four were starters during the 2024 season. Here\u2019s where the Huskies are heading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington’s Transfer Portal Departures<\/h2>\n

Khmori House To UNC<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One of the more significant names Washington lost this Winter was true freshman linebacker Khmori House<\/a>. The former three-star recruit earned significant playing time in a veteran linebacker room at Washington despite his youth. House is transferring to North Carolina and will play for Bill Belichick in Chapel Hill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the anticipated news of Steve Belichick leaving Washington<\/a> finally broke. The inclusion of the younger Belichick on the coaching staff at North Carolina was a stipulation of Belichick\u2019s plan for the Tar Heels. At Washington, House tallied 35 tackles and played over 300 snaps in the younger Belichick\u2019s defense in 2024. He\u2019ll continue his career with Belichick in the ACC with three years of eligibility remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n

Transfer Portal Impacts Washington Offense<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On offense, Washington\u2019s starting left guard and left tackle this past season are headed out. Left tackle Kahlee Tafai<\/a> has committed to Minnesota. The Los Angeles native started four games this season, but he was slated behind Soane Faasolo<\/a> and Maximus McCree<\/a>. The Huskies also brought in Kansas State transfer left tackle Carver Willis<\/a>, adding to the competition in the room. With three years of eligibility remaining, Tafai will be one of two left tackles with meaningful playing experience in Minneapolis. He\u2019ll have a more direct path to a starting role for PJ Fleck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Davis<\/a> is joining Tafai in Dinkytown. The sixth-year player returned to health in 2024 in the Husky backfield but was slated behind Jonah Coleman<\/a> all season. Though Davis started two games, he only tallied 44 carries for 190 rushing yards. He had a more significant role for Washington in 2022, but injuries and incoming transfers bumped him down the depth chart. He\u2019ll be a Gopher next season with one year of eligibility remaining. Minnesota\u2019s Darius Taylor is the focal point of that backfield. But Davis will be a veteran presence in a running back room that will see four players departure by way of the transfer portal or graduation before next season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Husky left guard Gaard Memmelaar<\/a> has signed with UCF. The veteran offensive lineman started every game but one in 2024 at left guard, playing over 500 snaps. He didn\u2019t allow a sack this season and will have one year of eligibility remaining for Scott Frost\u2019s Knights. Though he has signed with the Knights, Memmlaar will play in the Sun Bowl for Washington<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional Transfer Destinations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Starting punter Jack McCallister<\/a> has announced he\u2019ll be staying in the Big Ten. He\u2019ll punt for Nebraska next season, but will still punt for Washington on New Year\u2019s Eve in the Sun Bowl. This season, McCallister averaged a career-high in yards per punt and hang time with 44.2 yards per punt and 3.89 seconds per kick. McCallister pinned 13 punts inside the 20-yard line and will have one year of eligibility in Lincoln.<\/span><\/p>\n

EDGE Lance Holtzclaw<\/a> is transferring to Utah to play football next season. In a loaded EDGE room at Washington, Holtzclaw did not start a game this season and played just 114 snaps. But he made one of the plays of the year for Washington, taking down USC quarterback Miller Moss on fourth down to secure a victory<\/a> over the Trojans. He\u2019ll have three years of eligibility as a Ute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking further down the depth chart, Washington cornerback Curley Reed<\/a> is making a return home in the transfer portal. The Louisiana native was a former four-star recruit in the class of 2023 and will play for Louisiana Tech next season with three years of eligibility. Reserve safety Tristan Dunn<\/a> is transferring to Cal. Dunn was a former three-star recruit and will have two years of eligibility remaining in Berkeley. Bryun Parham<\/a> utilized his redshirt after the Huskies\u2019 fourth game of the season. He\u2019ll play his final year of eligibility at UConn.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Winter transfer portal continues to shape next season\u2019s college football landscape. Nine former Washington Huskies have committed to their new programs thus far in December. Four were starters during the 2024 season. Here\u2019s where the Huskies are heading. Washington’s Transfer Portal Departures Khmori House To UNC One of the more significant names Washington lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3944,"featured_media":70925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[7983,9102,33467,5564,33377,4516,509],"class_list":["post-70916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-bigten","tag-big-ten-football","tag-bill-belichick","tag-khmori-house","tag-pj-fleck","tag-steve-belichick","tag-transfer-portal","tag-washington-huskies"],"modified_by":"Tony Siracusa, CFB Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3944"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70927,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70916\/revisions\/70927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}