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Jan. 7—PULLMAN — Washington State’s running back situation continues to change.
WSU has signed South Dakota State transfer running back Maxwell Woods, the Cougars announced Tuesday, marking the third Jackrabbits RB to follow new head coach Jimmy Rogers to Pullman. Woods played his freshman season in 2024, giving him three more years of eligibility.
On Tuesday, the Cougars also added SDSU transfer cornerback Colby Humphrey, SDSU transfer safety Treu Ridley, and three-star defensive lineman Donovan Fitzmaurice out of Marquette High School, in the St. Louis suburbs. Those additions make up the 14 known incoming WSU players, including 12 South Dakota State transfers and two high school pledges, both of whom were previously committed to Rogers at SDSU.
Woods joins Angel Johnson and Kirby Vorhees as running backs to transfer from South Dakota State to WSU, giving the Cougars a new look . The Cougars have hired former Jackrabbits RBs coach Robbie Rouse for the same job, a source confirmed to The Spokesman-Review on Tuesday, perhaps explaining the recent running back transfers.
247Sports was the first to report the hire of Rouse, who spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons as South Dakota State’s RBs coach. Before that, he coached running backs at Division III College of St. Scholastica (Minnesota) in 2017, at Division II Augustana (South Dakota) University in 2019, at FCS North Dakota from 2020-21 and at FCS Cal Poly in 2022.
Rouse played from 2009-12 at Fresno State, where he earned a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference nod in 2011, becoming the Bulldogs’ all-time leading rusher. He’s the program’s first player to record three 1,000-yard seasons.
With Rouse’s help, SDSU’s 2024 offense averaged 236 rushing yards per game, No. 3 nationally, led by starting running back Amar Johnson. Johnson has not entered the transfer…
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Author : The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
Publish date : 2025-01-08 03:02:00
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