SEATTLE — Washington coach Chris Petersen believes he found something special in quarterback Jake Browning. And the last thing Petersen wants is additional expectations heaped on the national high school record holder for career touchdown passes.
Trey Adams ol, 6-8, 283, Wenatchee, (Wash.) HS; Andre Baccellia, wr, 5-9, 165, Westlake HS, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; Tevis Bartlett, lb, 6-2, 218, Cheyenne (East), Wyo.; DJ Beavers, lb, 6-0, 202, Crespi Carmelite HS, Culver City, Calif.; Jake Browning, qb, 6-1, 202, Folsom (Calif.) HS; Ben Burr-Kirven, lb, 6-1, 202, Sacred Heart Prep HS, Menlo Park, Calif.; A.J. Carty, ls, 6-2, 270, Servite HS, Santa Ana, Calif.; Myles Gaskin, rb, 5-9, 195, O’Dea HS, Seattle; Jared Hilbers, ol, 6-6, 279, Beaverton, (Ore.) HS; Austin Joyner, cb, 5-10, 192, Marysville-Pilchuck HS, Marysville, Wash.; Kyler Manu, lb, 6-1, 224, Highland HS, Pocatello, Idaho; Chico McClatcher, wr, 5-8, 180, Federal Way, (Wash.) HS; Ricky McCoy, dl, 6-3, 294, Roosevelt HS, Fresno, Calif.; Jordan Miller, db, 6-1, 164, Oceanside, (Calif.) HS; Michael Neal, te, 6-4, 219, Etiwanda HS, Fontana, Calif.; Benning Potoa’e, de, 6-3, 265, Lakes HS, DuPont, Wash.; Quinten Pounds, wr, 5-11, 166, Cypress, (Calif.) HS; Isaiah Renfro, wr, 6-1, 185, Sierra Canyon HS, Los Angeles; Myles Rice, dl, 6-4, 220, Bush HS, Houston; Henry Roberts, ol, 6-6, 280, Bellevue, (Wash.) HS; Jason Scrempos, dl, 6-6, 252, Milpitas, (Calif.) HS; Bryce Sterk, dl, 6-4, 229, Lynden, (Wash.) HS; Ezekiel Turner, db, 6-1, 192, Los Angeles Pierce CC; Jusstis Warren, lb, 6-2, 226, Lincoln HS, Tacoma, Wash.
Yet even Petersen acknowledged on Wednesday’s national letter of intent day that Browning has some of the same characteristics Petersen saw in Kellen Moore when the pair were setting records at Boise State.
“I think when you have really good players at certain positions you’re looking for those characteristics and so certainly we do. I hate to put any expectations and say ‘He’s going to be like this,’ and those type of things but I think there are a lot of them,” Petersen said. “I think the first time we ever walked into Jake’s high school, his coach said that to me, ‘I know you hear this all the time, but we’ve got Kellen Moore,’ that type of thing.”