Washington’s plans at wide receiver have hit an early snag.
Christian Moss, the sixth-year transfer who had emerged as one of the Huskies’ most reliable players in training camp, is expected to miss two to three months with a lower-body injury, according to a post on X from ESPN college football reporter Pete Thamel.
Moss transferred in from Kennesaw State and had already built strong chemistry with third-year quarterback Demond Williams Jr. during fall camp after sitting out spring practice with a soft tissue injury. At 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, he stood out by using his size and ball skills against Washington’s secondary. That work earned him the starting “X” job to open the season, effectively putting him in line to follow 2025 leading receiver and current Cleveland Browns wideout Denzel Boston.
But Moss never got much of a chance to settle in. In Washington’s 24-10 Week 1 win over Washington State at Husky Stadium, he was knocked out on the opening drive and did not return.
Head coach Jedd Fisch later described the issue as a “soft-tissue” injury in press conferences, though he did not say whether it was the same problem that had limited Moss in the spring or offer a timeline for his return.
Moss also missed Washington’s 16-14 win over Utah State on Saturday, and the latest update suggests that absence could stretch well into the fall. If the two-to-three-month estimate holds, his return would land sometime between early November and early December. That would put him in danger of missing the rest of the regular season, with Washington’s final game scheduled against Oregon on Nov. 28 at a to-be-determined time.
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