Safety Hunter Escoria commits to WSU’s 2020 class

Soobum Im-USA TODAY SportsIt may be slow season for WSU sports news (and really everyone now that the College World Series is over) but there’s still some news on the recruiting trail for the Cougs. On Thursday, they picked up a commitment from their first safety for the 2020 class,

The 3-star rated Escoria is listed at 6’2”, 175 pounds on 247’s website so he will likely be headed for a redshirt to hit the weight room. The senior-to-be out of Murrieta also had offers from the Utah Utes, Yale Bulldogs, San Jose State Spartans, San Diego State Aztecs and Navy Midshipman.

A quick peruse of his highlights indicates Escoria isn’t afraid to lay the wood, a well known feature of WSU safeties in…