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Huskies Await Hawaii Safety's Decision, First of 4 Scheduled Recruiting Reveals

A Hawaiian safety will chose from among 5 teams on Friday afternoon.

Dan Raley

Aiden Manutai will decide on a college choice with the UW among five finalists.
Aiden Manutai will decide on a college choice with the UW among five finalists. / Twitter

With outside temperatures cooling yet recruiting heating up again, the University of Washington football program finds itself waiting on four scheduled decisions, beginning with Aiden Manutai, a 6-foot-195-pound safety from Kahuku, Hawaii. On Friday at 3 p.m. PT, he will choose from among Arizona, California, Nebraska, Tennessee and the Huskies.

This Saturday, C.J. May, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound linebacker from Highland Home, Alabama, will pick either Auburn, Louisville, Syracuse or the UW at 11:30 a.m. PT.

Next Thursday at 2 p.m., 6-foot-3, 195-pound wide receiver Dylan Robinson from La Verne, California, will choose from among Notre Dame, UCLA or the Huskies.

And on Friday, July 26, 5-foot-11, 165-pound safety Rylon "Batman" Dillard-Allen from Phoenix, will settle on a school from among Texas A&M, UCLA and the UW.

All are 4-star prospects except for Manutai, who is rated 3-star. He played for Kahuku High, Hawaii's state championship team that beat Mililani 21-19 in the final game to finish 12-2 and reverse a 28-21 midseason loss to the same team. Kini McMillan, who is committed to the UW, quarterbacks Mililani.

The Huskies hold 21 commitments so far, nine of whom are defensive players. They have one other safety in this group in 6-foot-3, 210-pound Donovan Robinson from Wilmette, Illinois, who is projected to convert to linebacker once he comes to Montlake.

Showing the expanding reach of UW football recruiting, Fisch's staff currently has commits from nine different states in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

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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.

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