January 15, 2026
By Kyle Bonagura, ESPN: Washington coach Jedd Fisch said quarterback Demond Williams Jr.’s brief decision to leave the program before reversing course was the result of mounting pressures on young players in college football’s rapidly changing landscape.
“The decisions that have been made go way beyond football, and the pressures players are under right now to make very fast decisions sometimes can lead to setbacks,” Fisch said in a news conference Wednesday. “However, when we spoke, the reflection that he had, the pause that we had, it became very clear that the best choice for Demond and for the University of Washington was for him to return and for him to lead our team out through the tunnel the first game of the year.”
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