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Huskies Receive Commitment from Kicker, Son of Former Arizona PK

Tyler Prasuhn's father once kicked against the UW.

Dan Raley

Kicker Tyler Prasuhn has committed to the UW football team.
Kicker Tyler Prasuhn has committed to the UW football team. / Sailer Camp

Thirty years after his father kicked a field goal and a pair of extra points against the University of Washington football team, Tyler Prasuhn has committed to the Huskies and will bring his own powerful leg to Montlake.

On Friday, the lanky 6-foot-3, 185-pound place-kicker from Carlsbad, California -- and the same Carlsbad High School that sent former safety Asa Turner to the UW -- revealed on social media that he has joined the Huskies' 2025 class, though there appears to some question to whether he has a scholarship or is a preferred walk-on.

Either way, Prasuhn comes off a junior season for a 10-1 Carlsbad team in which he converted on 4 of 6 field goals and 55 of 56 extra points, had 60 touchbacks among 71 kickoffs and punted 13 times for a 40-yard average.

Now about Jon Prasuhn, that father of this kicker.

In 1995, the elder Prasuhn kicked for a 5-6 University of Arizona team as the No. 1 guy, connecting on 9 of 14 field-goal attempts and 22 of 25 extra points. Two-time All-America linebacker and NFL-bound Tedy Bruschi was a teammate. Dick Tomey was his coach.

Against Washington in Tucson that season, he made a 32-yard field goal with three seconds left in the half to pull his team within 17-10 and he added 2 of 2 extra points, but the Wildcats were no match for the 20th-ranked Huskies and lost 31-17 before a sellout crowd of 58,471 at Arizona Stadium. This was Prasuhn's only season as UA's No. 1 kicker.

His son Tyler Prasuhn previously entertained recruiting interest from San Diego State and Army before choosing the UW, which has Grady Gross on board for two more seasons as the primary kicker before his eligibility is complete.

As the video above shows, Prasuhn appears to have a lot of leg, making consecutive field goals of 52, 55 and 57 on his final three kicks during an evening workout.

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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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