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Washington State receives verbal commitment from Texas WR Ollie

WSU takes to the field before the first half of a college football game on Saturday, October 21, 2017, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. (Tyler Tjomsland / The Spokesman-Review)
One year after plucking Drue Jackson and Kassidy Woods out of Texas, the Cougars have apparently gone back to the Lone Star State for an outside wide receiver. Monday afternoon, Washington State received a verbal commitment from Donovan Ollie, a 6-3, 205-pound wideout from Wylie High School in the northern suburbs of Dallas. Ollie is considered a three-star prospect by 247sports.com and received offers from a handful of Power Five schools, including Utah, Boston College, Northwestern, Iowa State and Kansas. Jackson, a true freshman from nearby Sachse, Texas, was labeled a four-star commit when he verbally pledged to the Cougars last fall. Woods, also a true freshman at WSU, attended Greenhill High School in Addison, Texas. Ollie earned first team all-district honors as a sophomore at Wylie, then second-team honors as a junior. Entering his senior season with the Pirates, who play in the same 6A Region II District 10 division as Jackson’s Sachse High Mustangs, Ollie had caught 89 passes for 1,461 yards and 19 receiving touchdowns. Per MaxPreps, he’s already up to 33 receptions for 400 yards and six touchdowns in six games played this season. According to 247sports, Ollie has a 4.43 shuttle sprint and has recorded a vertical leap of 31.30 inches. Ollie is the second wideout commit in the class of 2019. In mid-February, the Cougars received a verbal from Billy Pospisil, a three-star receiver who attends Colorado’s Arvada High – the alma mater of current WSU running back Max Borghi.