Football: Northridge's Washington impressive at 7 on 7 meet
NCAA rules kept college coaches from watching Sunday's 7 on 7 passing tournament in Las Vegas, which is too bad for Northridge High safety Chris Washington, who was simply sensational in the event.
Washington, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior at the school near Hill Air Force Base in Davis County, stole the spotlight on Utah's No. 2 team, making a pair of key interceptions and showing tremendous speed and agility once he had the ball in his hands.
"It was humbling a little bit, but you realize you can hang with some of the kids out here, kids that are going to USC and Oregon and whatnot," Washington said.
Washington, an African-American, especially held his own against a California No. 1 team that featured five players who have committed to USC. He was so good that the guys from Scout.com, which sponsored the camp, along with New Level Athletics, approached him after Utah No. 2 was eliminated and asked if he had brought any film from his junior season at Northridge.
Then they wanted all his important information -- height, weight, phone number, etc.
Washington, who also played receiver for the Knights last fall, said he does not have any firm offers yet. He said he has received letters from Utah, Utah State and Oregon State but has not talked to any college coaches.
That's not surprising, since coaches cannot have personal contact with juniors until May, unless that junior is on the coach's campus. Bingham linebacker L.T. Filiaga, who has offers from BYU and Utah, also shined for Utah No. 2, and I also liked the play of a receiver from Logan High named Stephen Gwynn.
However, my guess is that once word gets out about Washington, he's going to be hearing from a lot of schools.
He was that good on Sunday.
Washington, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior at the school near Hill Air Force Base in Davis County, stole the spotlight on Utah's No. 2 team, making a pair of key interceptions and showing tremendous speed and agility once he had the ball in his hands.
"It was humbling a little bit, but you realize you can hang with some of the kids out here, kids that are going to USC and Oregon and whatnot," Washington said.
Washington, an African-American, especially held his own against a California No. 1 team that featured five players who have committed to USC. He was so good that the guys from Scout.com, which sponsored the camp, along with New Level Athletics, approached him after Utah No. 2 was eliminated and asked if he had brought any film from his junior season at Northridge.
Then they wanted all his important information -- height, weight, phone number, etc.
Washington, who also played receiver for the Knights last fall, said he does not have any firm offers yet. He said he has received letters from Utah, Utah State and Oregon State but has not talked to any college coaches.
That's not surprising, since coaches cannot have personal contact with juniors until May, unless that junior is on the coach's campus. Bingham linebacker L.T. Filiaga, who has offers from BYU and Utah, also shined for Utah No. 2, and I also liked the play of a receiver from Logan High named Stephen Gwynn.
However, my guess is that once word gets out about Washington, he's going to be hearing from a lot of schools.
He was that good on Sunday.
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