Eight different wide receivers caught at least one pass last season for Washington. Two of those players transferred out in Raiden Vines-Bright and Audric Harris. Two more are headed to the next level in Denzel Boston and Omari Evans. Dezmen Roebuck is the only returning wide receiver to have been targeted more than 20 times during the 2025 season. In total, the Husky wide receiver room lost seven players this offseason and was in need of some depth in addition to its 2026 signing class.
Christian Moss Transfers to Washington
Washington signed Kennesaw State transfer Christian Moss, a 6’-3” and 200-pound receiver, to help fill that experience void. Moss was the Owl’s second-leading receiver in 2025 with 45 catches, 689 yards, and a pair of scores. He began his career at Virginia Tech in 2022, where he had six catches in six games played. During spring practice in 2023, Moss suffered a hand injury that kept him out of that season. He was removed from the roster after the spring transfer portal window closed that April, but his scholarship was not revoked. This kept him from transferring prior to the 2023 season. In November of that year, Moss entered the transfer portal and ended up at Kennesaw State, where he played in 2024 and 2025. He totaled 59 catches for 892 yards and four touchdowns in that stretch.
Moss was a fifth-year senior last year for the Owls, but, due to the injury and the lack of participation opportunities in 2023, the NCAA granted the receiver an additional year. Moss brings 29 games of experience to the Husky receiver group in what will be his final year of eligibility.
Transfer Receiver Production
Jedd Fisch added one experienced transfer receiver in each of his two seasons as the head coach at Washington. Last year, that player was Evans, who played in 38 games at Penn State. The year prior, Jeremiah Hunter transferred from Cal after leading the Golden Bears in receiving for two consecutive seasons. He had 33 games under his belt upon his arrival at Montlake. In both situations, the roster was in need of depth at the receiver position. Evans’ speed and ability in the slot were thought to be a quality replacement for Giles Jackson, who was targeted over 100 times in 2024. Hunter’s addition to the receiver room was one to help the rebuilding process leading into the 2024 season while balancing out Boston’s development as the team’s next premier target.
Evans quickly impressed on the practice field in April last year. He mostly ran with the first-team offense when healthy at practice. And things were trending for him to become a starter in the fall. The coaching staff raved about his speed and playmaking ability for much of the offseason. Evans, however, started just 4 of the 11 games he played in 2025. His 25 targets were fourth-most among all receivers last year, and he finished with just 17 catches, 254 yards, and a score.
For Hunter, his production also fell somewhat below expectations in 2024. The 6’-2” and 212-pound receiver was dominant in middle-of-the-field routes during his time at Cal. Over 50% of his production came on routes of fewer than 20 yards inside the numbers in 2023. Hunter gathered 185 targets in back-to-back seasons at Cal, where he led the team in receiving in each. But at Washington, he finished with just 36 catches, 490 yards, and a score. And 142 of those yards came in the final two games of the year. That year, Jackson accounted for 108 targets, and Boston 98. The Cal transfer was a clear third option for the entirety of the 2024 season.
Early Expectations for Moss
Boston’s development as the premier receiver for Washington was the priority in Fisch’s first two seasons. And for good reason, he’s likely to be a first-round NFL selection in a few months. Evans and Hunter, while valuable contributors to the receiver production, were largely supplementary to what the room already had in Boston. That being a long-frame, downfield “X” receiver with next-level talent.
However, the objective with Moss as a transfer receiver this year is slightly different than that of Evans and Hunter in years past. Right now, Washington does not have a receiver taller than 6’-1” with meaningful FBS experience. Justice Williams (6’-4”) had just two targets last season, and they came against UC Davis. The expectation for Moss is to provide that long-frame, vertical option in the passing game that Boston once did. It’s unlikely Moss will be a one-to-one replacement for potential first-round NFL talent. But the new Husky has the build and experience to be productive in that role.
Directional Receiving
Last year, Boston was targeted 35 times outside the numbers on passes of 10-plus air yards (41% of his targets). Demond Williams threw the football to those spots on the field 66 total times last year. Boston was getting more than 50% of the team’s targets on deep sideline routes. And on those passes, Boston caught seven of his 11 touchdowns and hauled in seven of his 10 contested catches. Not only did the offense frequently go to Boston in those spots, but he was extremely reliable outside the numbers.
Moss was targeted 67 times last year, but just 14 of those targets were outside the numbers on passes of 10-plus air yards. Both of his receiving touchdowns were in this category. The year prior, Moss only had five such targets with one catch. The former Owl has not been used as an outside, downfield target in the way that Boston was at Washington. Kennesaw State primarily went to Moss over the middle and on passes less than 20 yards. He had 38 of 67 targets in this category. He’s proven to be reliable with just five drops on 87 targets in the last two seasons. But Spring practice will be our first opportunity to evaluate how Moss fits the role he’s expected to fill as a vertical threat at Washington.
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