Friday afternoon news and notes

A few notes and links for Friday afternoon. …

— As referenced earlier on Twitter and on the chat, Grey Ruegamer is returning to UW, apparently as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. He played in the NFL from 1998-2009 and also played at Arizona State when current UW OL coach Dan Cozzetto was also the offensive coordinator and OL coach there. Ruegamer worked in a similar position at UW in 2009-10 and spent last year as an assistant at Chapparal High School in Scottsdale, Az.

— UW commit Daeshon Hall has been named the Dallas Area Defensive Player of the Year by the Dallas Morning News.

— For those who have asked if UW will benefit in recruiting from the coaching change at Oregon, news has surfaced that the Robinson twins — Tyree and Tyrell — will now visit UW along with USC and Ohio State after deciding to re-consider their options:

Robinson twins coach says the twins will take an official to USC this weekend, followed by Ohio State & Washington. Will announce on NLOID.

— Joshua Blankenship (@GeneStarwind419) January 18, 2013

Each are four-star potential two-sport players (football and basketball) who could be OLBs, DBs or receivers in football. Maybe not so coincidentally, UW assistant Marques Tuiasosopo Tweeted today about having been in San Diego.

— Mason Kelley of HuskyNation also reported today that UW will have a sixth visitor in this weekend — the five mentioned earlier as well as DE Marcus Farria. All have already commited to UW.

— UCLA is hosting a pair of UW targets this week in Bellevue LB Myles Jack and Kylie Fitts. And as the story notes, Jack’s last visit on Feb. 2 will be to Florida State, and not to Oregon as had earlier been reported.

— JC DE Marcus Hardison, who had been considering UW along with a few other schools, committed today to Arizona State.

— As a reminder, Drew Schaefer is scheduled to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl this weekend.

— Bruce Feldman of CBSSports.com with some good stuff on UCLA and Oregon as well as Manti Te’o in his weekly mailbag.

— Rivals.com reviews the schools having the biggest recruiting weekends.

— Stanford offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton is leaving to take a similar job with the Colts.

— A couple of key members of Oregon’s athletic department are leaving for Philadelphia, as well.

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