Sawyer Racanelli

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
204
Position:
WR
Hometown:
Brush Prairie, Wash.
High School:
Hockinson HS
Prev School:
Washington

2024 (R-Jr. – Montana):
Expected to feature heavily in Montana’s dynamic receiving corps after returning from injury last season

2023: (R-So. – Montana):
• Named the team’s Pat Norwood Award winner for “most inspirational player”
Made two starts and appeared in all 15 contests after missing the 2022 season with an injury and did a little bit of everything for the Griz… Caught 10 passes for 130 yards, averaging 13 yards per catch with a long of 27 yards and one touchdown… Made his first Grizzly start on week one and took his first catch 20 yards… Threw a touchdown pass for 15 yards on a trick play against Idaho State to give UM the lead for good… Threw a career-long 24-yard pass against Montana State… Also passed for a two-point conversion against Furman in the FCS playoffs… Caught his first career UM touchdown pass against Northern Colorado from 20 yards out… Blocked a punt in the FCS playoffs against Delaware

2022 (R-Fr. – Montana): Suffered an injury during the spring season and did not see the field.

2021 (Redshirt. – Washington): Contributed primarily on special teams for the Huskies… Recorded 5 total tackles on the season… Played in 11 of 12 games, all games but UCLA… Logged two tackles against Arizona State, and one against Stanford, Oregon, and Washington State.

2020 (Freshman – Washington): Saw action in two games as a true freshman against Arizona and Stanford… Was a redshirt.

High School: Missed his senior season due to injury... Lead Hockinson to back-to-back Washington 2A State Championships in 2017 and 2018… Eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three seasons, including 1,764 yards on 101 receptions and 21 touchdowns as a junior… Also had 207 rushing yards and 11 TDs and made 88 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and made two interceptions on defense… Named to the Tacoma News-Tribune all-state team (all levels) as a junior in 2018... Scored all six of his team's TDs in the 2018 2A state title game ... Just the fifth player in state history with 100 or more receptions in a season... Also first-team All-2A Greater St. Helens League as a junior... Made 66 catches for 1,345 yards and 21 touchdowns as a sophomore and 56 catches for 1,055 yards and 11 touchdowns as a freshman… Ranked the No. 21 "athlete" prospect in the nation and the No. 9 recruit in Washington by 247Sports... Rated the state's No. 8 recruit and the nation's No. 50 "athlete" by ESPN... Named to the Tacoma News-Tribune's "Western 100"... Participated in the shot put, long jump and sprints for his track team in high school... Also lettered in baseball and basketball… Prepped under coach Rick Steele

Personal: Father, Josh, played quarterback at Portland State... Brother, Canon, plays quarterback at Central Washington… Already earned a UM degree in sociology in the spring of 2024.

Last name pronounced “RACK-a-nelli”

Career Single Game Highs
Receiving yards: 45 (at Portland State, 2023)
Long reception: 26 (vs Butler, 2023)
Receiving TDs: 1 (vs Northern Colorado, 2023)
Passing Yards: 24 (vs Montana State, 2023)
Passing TDs: 1 (vs Idaho State, 2023)