{"id":72757,"date":"2025-03-06T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/?p=72757"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:39:00","slug":"bonner-sanoe-to-visit-washington-for-junior-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/2025\/03\/06\/bonner-sanoe-to-visit-washington-for-junior-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonner, Sanoe To Visit Washington for Junior Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highly-touted running backs Brian Bonner and Ansu Sanoe are set to visit Washington this weekend for its Junior Day recruiting event. The class of 2026 running backs are each listed as four stars across the major recruiting sites. Bonner and Sanoe add to the list of high-profile recruits making visits this weekend. It\u2019s a lineup that also includes four-star quarterback Brady Smigiel<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonner, Sanoe Visit Washington Junior Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bonner\u2019s eight finalists include Georgia, Penn State, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Michigan, UCLA, Stanford, and Washington. Out of Valencia High School in Valencia, California, Bonner is the nation\u2019s sixth-ranked running back in the class of 2026. He\u2019s a top 100 player according to the 247Sports Composite, and he\u2019ll be on campus at Washington this weekend for Junior Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

The California native narrowed his list of finalists in late February. A couple days later, Bonner took to social media to announce he\u2019d be visiting Washington for the program\u2019s recruiting event on the weekend of March 8th and 9th. This Spring, Bonner has scheduled three visits. Washington\u2019s Junior Day is his first. Also, he\u2019ll visit Michigan on March 27th and Penn State on April 7th.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonner’s Junior Season<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As a junior during the 2024 season, Bonner\u2019s stats were impressive. He totaled 2,332 all-purpose yards and 30 touchdowns. That included 1,433 rushing yards, 484 receiving yards, and 415 return yards. The Valencia High School running back averaged 7.6 yards per carry last season and over 130 rushing yards per game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the stats, Bonner\u2019s speed is something that can separate him as a running back. He’s a sprinter for his track and field team at Valencia. In February, he set a personal record with a 6.84-second 60-meter dash. Bonner has clocked a 10.56 second 100-meter. The four-star is 6′-0″ and 190 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Huskies’ First ’26 Commit<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Huskies will be hosting another four-star this weekend at running back. Current Washington commit Ansu Sanoe<\/a> will be on campus for Junior Day on March 8th and 9th. In April of 2024, Sanoe became the first member of Washington’s class of 2026, committing to play for Jedd Fisch. Sanoe is currently Oregon\u2019s second-ranked player, according to 247Sports, out of Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sanoe was a 2022 Max Preps Freshman All-American a few years ago when he played tight end. He lined up at running back, linebacker, and on special teams that season. In 2022, he rushed for seven touchdowns and caught two more. A year later, Sanoe scored eight touchdowns on the ground. As a junior last season, Sanoe scored 10 rushing touchdowns and averaged nearly six yards per carry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Husky commit is listed at 6\u2019-2\u201d and 225 pounds and runs with a physical style. Sanoe can make defenders miss at the point of attack and quickly cut upfield. His size makes him a difficult player to bring down. Sanoe can also be productive as a blocker out of the backfield, another quality trait for someone in his position. He’ll be on campus this weekend, likely acting as a recruiter for Bonner and the several other high school players considering Washington in their college search.<\/span><\/p>\n

Main Photo: Jennifer Buchanan-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highly-touted running backs Brian Bonner and Ansu Sanoe are set to visit Washington this weekend for its Junior Day recruiting event. The class of 2026 running backs are each listed as four stars across the major recruiting sites. Bonner and Sanoe add to the list of high-profile recruits making visits this weekend. It\u2019s a lineup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3944,"featured_media":72762,"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":[5,2,7316,35612],"tags":[33426,34921,1666,3060,509],"class_list":["post-72757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bigten","category-featured","category-recruiting","category-washington-huskies","tag-ansu-sanoe","tag-brian-bonner","tag-jedd-fisch","tag-recruiting","tag-washington-huskies"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72757","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=72757"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72763,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72757\/revisions\/72763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/collegefootball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}