DawgmanRadio: Breaking down Washington's 2025 mid-year signing class

The guys from Dawgman.com - Chris Fetters and Recruiting Editor Scott Eklund - caught their breath after Washington signed 29 players in their mid-year signing class for the 2025 season, slept on it, and then came back refreshed to talk about the class.For those hoping for a breakdown of every single signee, you're out of luck. We wanted to keep this podcast at a reasonable length, but included here is the official press release, which gave biography information on every prospect signed.To start the podcast out, Chris and Scott broke down the top storylines that immediately stood out. Were the UW coaches able to adequately address need? Did they get bigger, something UW Head Coach Jedd Fisch has talked about constantly since coming to Montlake in January?Fisch spoke at Washington's Signing Day press conference along with UW Football Director of Player Personnel, Matt Doherty. Including Doherty signals just how much has changed in recruiting, because now you not only need to scour the country for the best prep talent out there, but you also have to recruit with the transfer portal in mind.After setting the scene, Chris and Scott broke down some of the players mentioned in Scott's Signing Day Superlatives piece, including who he thinks are undervalued, instant impact players, the top recruiting battles, and then we also had to talk a moment about the first signing of the class, Adelaide, Australia punter Dusty Zimmer.And that lead into talk about the transfer portal, which opens up this coming Monday, December 9. We broke down the current numbers, including the 29 prep signees and all the players recently lost to graduation. But the X factor is the expected attrition, as current Huskies will enter the transfer portal. And there needs to be a lot of attrition if Fisch sticks at the current number of 85 scholarships as he wants to (NCAA rules now allow teams to scholarship as many as 105 players starting for the 2025 season).