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Jan. 5—PULLMAN — If Washington State’s football team has any intentions on slowing down in the transfer portal, the Cougars haven’t shown it yet.
They added two more players Friday, both of whom previously played at Oregon: receiver Kris Hutson, who spent the past four seasons with the Ducks, and linebacker Keith Brown, who played his first two seasons at Oregon before spending last season at Louisville.
Hutson and Brown have two years of eligibility remaining, a WSU spokesman confirmed. Both are on their official visits to WSU this weekend.
Hutson , a 5-foot-11 receiver from California and a four-star prospect out of high school, redshirted last season. In the 2021 and 2022 seasons, as a sophomore and junior, he combined for 75 catches for 472 yards and two touchdowns. He appeared in just one game last season, with one reception for 8 yards against Stanford.
In seasons past, he also emerged as a threat in the kick return game, totaling 12 kickoff returns for 238 yards and 10 punt returns for 42 yards in 2022. The year prior, he had 14 kickoff returns for 313 yards.
Late last season, sophomore wideout Leyton Smithson took one kickoff back 98 yards for a touchdown, but otherwise, the Cougars struggled to produce meaningful kick returns. WSU used outgoing receiver Isaiah Hamilton for most punt returns, and fellow graduated senior Lincoln Victor went back for some kickoff returns.
The Cougars’ 2024 receiver corps is also rounding into shape. They’ll return one starter, deep-ball specialist Kyle Williams, plus key sophomore Carlos Hernandez. WSU is also adding junior college transfer Tony Freeman and Austin Peay transfer Tre Shackelford. That should help them cushion the losses of Josh Kelly (transferred to Texas Tech) and Victor.
How Hutson fits into that mix remains to be seen. It’s possible that at 5-foot-11, he could…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-01-06 03:01:00
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