WSU adds another verbal commitment

People use Twitter in a variety of ways. Some use it to troll, others to follow their favorite celebrities. Some just use it for news. If you're a WSU football fan, you can use it to see smoke signals about WSU's football recruiting class. While some coaches tweet "woof" or "fight on" or whatever when a player commits, WSU has it's own approach.

When a player verbally commits, the WSU football twitter account sends out a tweet like it did on Saturday:

It's a great day to be a WSU Coug!!! #gocougs

— WSUCougFootball (@wsucougfb) January 19, 2014

Similar tweets are typically followed with news of the latest verbal commitment. That news did not come on Saturday, so while we're pretty sure someone committed, we're still not sure who. WSU is hosting nine official visitors including five not committed to WSU. That means one of Barry Ware, Brayden Lenius, Marcus Davis, Patrick Choudja or Jalen Canty likely verballed. If Canty's name isn't familiar, it's because word of him officially visiting leaked out late. He's currently committed to Fresno State and here is what Britton Ransford of WazzuWatch.com had to say in our comments late Saturday night:

He's a really interesting prospect. Freak athlete and big kid at 6-foot-8, 260-pounds. Prior to picking up an offer from WSU in October, he was only being recruited as a hoops prospect with offers from UW, Boise St., Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Colorado and others. He then picked up an offer from Fresno St. and committed a month ago. As a senior, he had 22 sacks as a defensive end while also playing tight end for Vallejo (Cali.) St. Vincent St. Patrick. Washington State is recruiting him as an athlete, but I could see him moving over to offensive tackle in the long-term.

He's good friends with fellow visitor and defensive end target Patrick Choudja, so they're two names to watch in the coming days and weeks leading up to signing day. Here's his his tape, it's worth a look.

The WSU Twitter account tweeted out their customary "commitment tweet" on Saturday evening. I choose not to reach out to prospects during their visits, so there will be more on that commitment after the Hawks game tomorrow.

If you find that interesting, you should probably consider signing up for a WazzuWatch membership. That's the type of insight Britton provides on the message boards all the time. No better time than a few weeks ahead of signing day.

We'll be back with more when the commitment news rolls out.

Women's basketball:

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Men's basketball:

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