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Washington football loses weapon to portal after Kalen DeBoer departure, Jedd Fisch hire

Washington football loses another player via transfer portal.

The Washington Huskies will no longer have the services of one of their offensive weapons in the 2023 college football season, with Pete Thamel of ESPN reporting that Washington football wideout Germie Bernard leaving the program via the transfer portal.

“University of Washington WR/KR Germie Bernard (@oti_germie) tells ESPN that he is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. He is a former ESPN 300 recruit who began his career at Michigan State. The 6-1 205-LB WR from Las Vegas accounted for 738 yards in UW’s 14-1 season.”

Bernard’s decision to test the waters of college sports’ equivalent to free agency came on the heels of Washington football’s 34-13 loss in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines on Jan. 8 and the subsequent departure of head coach Kalen DeBoer to become the first head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide in the post-Nick Saban era.

Where will Germie Bernard land after a one-year stint with Washington football?

In what turned out to be his only season with Washington football, Bernard managed to record 419 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 34 receptions over 14 games. Bernard played 12 games and finished his first campaign with just 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns for the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing, before coming to the Huskies in 2023.
The Arizona State Sun Devils, Miami Hurricanes, Michigan Wolverines, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions, San Diego State Aztecs, UNLV Rebels, and Utah Utes were among the teams who extended offers to Bernard before he chose Michigan State.

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