CdA QB commits to UWashington

Greg Lee/SR reports:

Coeur d’Alene junior quarterback Colson Yankoff (pictured in Kathy Plonka/SR photo) decided to stay in the Pacific-12 Conference.

Yankoff is now headed 283 miles up Interstate 5 to the University of Washington.

The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Yankoff announced his oral commitment via Twitter on Wednesday.

His commitment came 15 weeks after he de-committed from Oregon following the firing of Mark Helfrich. He committed to the Ducks in June 2016 after attending a came in Eugene.

Yankoff understood that an offer from UW was in the offing. When it came Wednesday morning, he took just a few hours before calling head coach Chris Petersen. More here.