The Washington Huskies‘ hot streak on the recruiting trail looks to be on the verge of continuing after 247Sports’ Zach Blostein logged a crystal ball prediction for Jedd Fisch’s program to land the services of four-star cornerback Censere Gaylord.
The 6-foot, 170-pound product of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, began his career in Southern California before making the move to the Southeast, and getting him back to the West Coast would be a significant win for secondary coach John Richardson and the rest of Fisch’s coaching staff.
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Gaylord is ranked as the nation’s No. 113 overall prospect and No. 13 cornerback by 247Sports, and has also taken official visits with Georgia and Georgia Tech, with Auburn rounding out his top four. He was supposed to visit coach Alex Golesh’s program on June 19 as he looks to make a pledge from his 32 offers, but is no longer listed among the Tigers’ expected attendees.
On film, Gaylord is the ideal fit for defensive coordinator Ryan Walters’ scheme. He plays with impressive instincts and high-end physicality, routinely displaying a quick trigger downhill to lay out both opposing receivers and ball carriers, as he’s not afraid to get mixed up with players much bigger than him.
He’s also aggressive at the line of scrimmage and plays a lot of press coverage, which both Walters and Richardson clearly prefer from their outside cornerbacks. Gaylord also shows off the athleticism and ball skills needed to play either in the nickel or outside after recording 5 pass breakups and 4 interceptions during his junior season.
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If he does choose the Huskies, he would become Fisch’s highest-ranked commit—per 247Sports’ rankings—and join a secondary class that currently holds four-star safety Isala Aisa Wily-Ava and three-star cornerback Maurice Williams.
This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington Huskies pick up crystal ball to land elite 2027 CB
