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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff Writer
Quarterback Demond Williams Jr. is following Jedd Fisch from Arizona to Washington, he announced on Sunday.
Williams (No. 227 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300), the second-best player out of Arizona in the 2024 cycle, made his decision just over a month after signing his letter of intent. A 30-day window kicked in for Arizona players after Fisch headed to Washington on Jan. 14.
In 12 games last season as a senior for the Basha High School (Arizona), the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Williams completed 77 percent of his passes for 3,250 yards, 34 touchdowns and just three interceptions. He will give Fisch, who was hired to replace Kalen DeBoer, an option under center as the Washington program has been turned upside down since DeBoer left to take over for Nick Saban at Alabama.
Will Rogers transferred into Washington last month from Mississippi State, only to re-enter the transfer portal on Jan. 12. Austin Mack, a four-star quarterback out of Folsom High School (California) who had committed to DeBoer with the Huskies as part of their 2023 class, entered the portal on Jan. 14 and committed to the Crimson Tide on Jan. 18.
Williams had initially committed to Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss back on Dec. 30, 2022, only to reopen his process last July and pledge to Arizona on July 31, 2023.
After guiding Arizona to its first 10-win season since 2014, Fisch had a very successful three seasons in Tucson, overseeing a nine-win improvement over the course of three years (one win in 2021, five wins in 2022 and 10 wins in 2023).