Washington's Hunter Green has lofty aspirations for 2026 season

Washington's new punter has lofty aspirations coming into his senior season. Hunter Green, who transferred to Washington from San Diego State this offseason, told the media on Saturday after the Huskies ' third spring practice that his goal for the season is to win the Ray Guy Award, given to college football's top punter. "I mean, that's a big shout, but I believe I've got potential.

And if I keep working hard alongside the guys and with Ryan [Kean] and just get a good operation in the punt unit, then I feel like it'll set myself up," Green said on Saturday. Don't mistake Green's pursuit of individual awards as selfishness, however. The senior went on to explain that while the Ray Guy is an individual award, his winning it would be a testament to the team operation and contribute to team success on Montlake this season.

"If I'm pinning teams back, if I'm smoking balls, hitting bombs, I'm putting the other team in a bad position, which puts our team in a good position - an even better position. So if I am in the running, essentially, then we should be one of the more dominant special teams units in the country. And so that's something that I think all comes together as a collective and people, when they're playing Washington, know they're not going to get anything on punt return," Green told the media on Saturday.

Green's aspirations are not ill-founded, either. He was added to the Ray Guy Award Watch List before last season at San Diego State and was an FCS Freshman All-American and finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, given to the top freshman at the FCS level, in 2023 at Northern Colorado. Green was tied for No.