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Dec. 29—PULLMAN — The effects of Jake Dickert’s decision to leave Washington State for Wake Forest are beginning to ripple across the Cougars’ staff.
Sophomore wide receiver Carlos Hernandez is entering the transfer portal, he announced Sunday, becoming the 33rd Cougar to do so since the end of the regular season. Hernandez spent two seasons at WSU, blossoming into an impact player in both.
This fall, Hernandez missed the first five games with a foot injury he sustained during fall camp, which required surgery. But he returned to play the next eight games, starting the final six, totaling 31 catches for 397 yards and five touchdowns, including eight receptions for 80 yards and a score in Friday’s Holiday Bowl.
In two seasons combineed, Hernandez piled up 55 receptions for 655 yards and five touchdowns. As a freshman, he played in all 12 games, recording one start.
A Los Angeles-area native, Hernandez turned down offers from Oregon State, UNLV, Fresno State, UNLV, Nevada and FCS Northern Arizona out of high school.
Also into the portal on Sunday went WSU freshman cornerback Jaylon Edmond and senior nickelback Kapena Gushiken, who is taking advantage of a new ruling allowing players who began their careers at a junior college, whose eligibility would have been exhausted this season, to play another year.
WSU’s class of 2025 quarterback, three-star speedster Steele Pizzella, also announced he’s following Dickert to Wake Forest. The Cougars coaches who recruited him, Dickert and former offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle, loved his dual-threat abilities.
Pizzella’s decommitment is the fourth in the Cougs’ class of 2025, which has also lost running back Jamar Searcy, linebacker AJ Tuitele, Pizzella and wide receiver Jack Foley, who flipped his commitment back to Wake Forest to follow Dickert.
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2024-12-30 04:59:00
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