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Three-star 2020 CB James Smith verbally commits to UW Huskies on visit

The tweet was particularly telling.

At 3:23 p.m. on Sunday, Washington freshman cornerback Trent McDuffie tweeted, “The stars have aligned,” complete with emojis of a pair of eyeballs and what appeared to be a husky puppy.

McDuffie’s former teammate at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. — three-star 2020 cornerback James Smith — was simultaneously wrapping up an unofficial visit to UW.

It didn’t take long for the pieces to fall into place.

Later the same afternoon, Smith announced that he had verbally committed to Washington.

A lanky 6-foot-1, 180-pound cornerback, Smith chose the Huskies over scholarship offers from Oregon, UCLA, Arizona State, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Penn State, Washington State and more.