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Huskies Offer Former Fresno State TE Who Played for DeBoer

Tre Watson has heard from a half-dozen schools since entering the transfer portal.

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Preparing to lose a pair of senior tight ends, the University of Washington football staff has offered a scholarship to Tre Watson, formerly of Fresno State and a one-time Kalen DeBoer player.

This past season, the 6-foot-5, 245-pound Watson started 12 of 13 games at tight end for a 9-4 Bulldogs team and caught 38 passes for 378 yards and 4 touchdowns. He has one season of eligibility remaining.

The Rio Rancho, New Mexico, product recently finished his time with Fresno State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, about 25 miles from his hometown. He shared in a 37-10 victory over New Mexico State and next entered the transfer portal.

As a freshman, Watson played for DeBoer's final Bulldogs team and started two of a dozen games that he appeared for a 10-3 team that similarly advanced to the New Mexico Bowl.

With his combination of size and athleticism, Watson is sure to draw a lot of portal attention. So far, he's received offers from UCLA, Texas A&M, West Virginia, Houston, California and the Huskies.

In his three-year career at Fresno State, Watson finished with 56 catches for 592 and those 4 scores. 

His Bulldogs' roster bio indicates he previously was recruited coming out of high school by a Jimmy Lake-led UW program and several others.

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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.

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