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Stascausky Completes Flip from Minnesota to UW

The Oregon offensive tackle becomes the Huskies' 25th pledge.

Dan Raley

Zac Stascausky is committed to Minnesota but will visit the UW.
Zac Stascausky is committed to Minnesota but will visit the UW. / Minnesota

The past 58 days for Zac Stascausky hardly qualified as a summer vacation. To the contrary, it was a lot of work.

On June 9, the 6-foot-6, 290-pound offensive tackle from Portland's Central Catholic High School presumably thought he was bringing his college football recruitment to a close by committing to the University of Minnesota.

In essence, everything was just getting started.

On July 19, the University of Washington muddied everything up for the 3-star prospect by making him a late offer and later hosting him on campus for what would prove to be a very persuasive discussion.

On July 30, Stascausky told Minnesota thanks, but no thanks, and he de-committed from the Gophers with everyone fairly certain what was going to happen next.

On Tuesday night, Stascausky committed to the Huskies, completing a different sort of back flip during an Olympic Games week by becoming their 25th pledge for the Class of 2025.

Stascausky becomes the Huskies' fourth offensive-line commit, joining 6-foot-4, 325-pound Champ Taulealea from San Jose, California; 6-foot-6, 275-pound Jake Flores from San Juan Capistrano, California; and 6-foot-4, 290-pound Lowen Coleman-Brusa from Burien, Washington. Stascausky and Coleman-Brusa are projected as UW tackles.

The Oregon product was an offensive-line anchor for his 6A state championship team that went a perfect 13-0 and piled up 639 yards of total offense in a 49-21 victory over Tualitin in the state title game.

247 Sports, which grades Stascausky as a 3-star recruit, had glowing things to say about his college prospects, with analyst Greg Biggins offering the following, "When you look at the frame, athleticism and skill set, Stascausky is an easy high Power 4 prospect and someone we think could be a multi-year starter for the Huskies down the road.”

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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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