The Pacific Northwest is the fastest growing football region in the country and all of us at Barton Football are excited for the biggest and best year yet. Key additions to the staff have been made with former (Houston Texan/Washington St Cougar) Alex Brink running Oregon, and Taylor Barton now up in Seattle heading up Washington. BFA is one of the largest football academies in the country going on…
Jared Hilbers (6-7 270 Jr. OL/DL) out of Beaverton is one of the Northwest’s top recruits. He earned 3rd team all Metro honors this past season as the Beavers pulled one of the biggest upsets of the state playoffs, beating CVC champ Sprague 35-34 in OT, to kick off the opening round. Hilbers is a kid that possesses massive size, but it is his upside and overall versatility…
Click For Josh Wright Highlights The state of Washington is littered with defensive lineman that have a knack for getting to the QB. Arguably the top sackmaster in the state is Josh Wright (6’1″ 220) of Skyline High School in Sammamish. As a junior Wright had nine sacks for the Spartans, who won the 4A state championship. This season, Wright doubled up finishing with 18 sacks, including twice…
A resurgent Cascade (Everett, Wa.) program made their way into the state playoffs this past season and a big reason was the play of QB Josh Smith, a dynamic playmaker who hurt opposing defenses with his legs as well as his arm. Smith finished the season by completing over 60% of his passes for 2,230 yards with 22 touchdowns and six interceptions while also rushing for nearly…
One of the most impressive aspects to the Central Catholic Rams winning the 6A state title is the fact that the team is stacked with underclassmen. The kids up front did a phenomenal job opening holes for D1 backs Ryan Nall and Cameron Scarlett, as both went off during the playoffs. Blake Brandel (6-7 245), Riley Gallant (6-5 270) and TJ Salu (6-2 260) are ranked three…
Click For Darius Pati Highlights One of the more acrobatic and talented receivers in the state of Washington, Eisenhower (Yakima) WR Darius Pati, is still waiting to figure our where he’ll be playing in 2014. Northwest Elite Index caught up with him recently to talk about where things stand. On the recruiting front, just one program has shown him some interest, but even that has been tepid…
Click For Landyn Milburn Highlights While the season may not have gone the way the Juanita Rebels would have liked, one glaring bright spot was the play of Landyn Milburn (5’11 185). The senior WR/LB was rewarded on both sides of the ball as an All-KingCo performer, first team on offense, and second team on defense. His play at WR is what really stood out to many….
Tumwater (Wa.) QB Jaydon Croft led his team to the State 2A Title Game, but his team fell just short of their goal, falling to Lynden by a score of 38-28. Now, with his senior season behind him, the talented signal-caller will turn his focus toward recruiting. Croft finished his career with the T-Birds by hitting on 53.8% of his passes (84 of 156) for 1,448 yards,…
Click For Aaron Washington Highlights Aaron Washington (5-9 175 Sr. DB/KR) of Central Catholic is one of the Northwest’s top recruits and he recently capped off an equally impressive season. Oregon’s top ranked corner helped the Rams clinch their first state title in 60 years, while leading the state in INT’s with (10). Washington earned 1st team all league honors and projects as a D1 kid, but…
Northwest Elite Index caught up with one of the top 2015 prospects in the Evergreen State, Federal Way’s Chico McClatcher, and he updated us on things including which Pac 12 school because the latest to offer him. “I just got an offer from Oregon State,” McClatcher told NEI. “They are my latest offer and I’ve been talking to a bunch of other schools.” The offer from…