SEATTLE — Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. makes being a quarterback look awfully easy. As a true freshman, Williams threw for 575 yards and five touchdowns in two starts against the vaunted Oregon and Louisville defenses.
But while football comes so naturally, it’s easy to forget just how young he is. Williams was only 17 years old when he first arrived in Seattle in January 2024. It was a completely new experience to be far away from home, and a lonely one. So in January 2025, weeks after his breakout start in the Sun Bowl, he got a dog: a Rottweiler named Deuce.
“[It was] just having company,” Williams said. “I moved into a new place and just having company made it feel more at home.”
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Williams’ original plan was to play for Jedd Fisch only 100 miles from home in Tucson, Arizona. He enrolled at the program in January 2024. When Fisch, a former NFL quarterback coach, left to replace Kalen DeBoer at the University of Washington, Williams decided to commit to the staff and follow him up north.
After knowing so many players at Arizona from playing against them in high school, Washington was a blank slate. Getting Deuce allowed him to feel closer to himself and closer to home. Training the 10-month-old dog has allowed him to…
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Author : Shehan Jeyarajah
Publish date : 2025-08-07 18:51:00
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