2025 Football Roster
Racanelli, Sawyer
Jersey Number 9
Sawyer Racanelli
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Brush Prairie, WA
- High School:
- Hockinson
Bio
Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 14 games with 10 starts during the 2024 season for the Grizzlies…Recorded 30 catches for 49 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 13.6 yards per catch…Totaled four receptions for 65 yards in the victory over Northern Arizona…Hauled in four catches for a career-high 102 yards , including a career-best 81-yard touchdown reception, in the victory over Portland State…Recorded three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown in the second round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs against South Dakota State.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 15 contests with two starts during the 2023 season for the Grizzlies…Hauled in 10 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown…Recorded a 26-yard reception in his first career appearance and start for the Grizzlies against Butler…Threw a 15-yard touchdown pass on a trick play against Idaho State…Added his first career touchdown catch on a 20-yard reception against Northern Colorado…Recorded a season-high four catches for 45 yards against Portland State.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not see any action due to injury during the 2022 season for the Grizzlies.
Prior to Montana
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the 2021 season for the Huskies…Made five tackles with four solo efforts while primarily playing on special teams…Recorded a tackle against Stanford, Oregon, and Washington State…Set a career-high with two tackles against Arizona State.
2020 (Freshman)
Appeared in two games during the 2020 season for the Huskies…Made his collegiate debut against Arizona…Also played against Stanford…Redshirted.
High School
Missed his senior season due to injury…Helped lead Hockinson High School to back-to-back Washington 2A State Championships in 2018 and 2017…Became just the fifth player in state history to record 100 receptions in a season, finishing his junior season with 101 catches for 1,764 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior…Also added 207 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, as well as 88 tackles with 11 tackles-for-loss and two interceptions on defense…Scored all six touchdowns for Hockinson in the 2018 Washington 2A State Championship…Named First Team All-State by the Tacoma News-Tribune, as well as First Team All-2A Greater St. Helen’s League as a junior…Hauled in 66 catches for 1,345 yards and 21 touchdowns during his sophomore season…Recorded 56 catches for 1,055 yards and 11 touchdowns as a freshman…Rated as the No. 50 “athlete” and the No. 8 recruit from Washington by ESPN, and the No. 21 “athlete” and No. 9 overall prospect from Washington by 247Sports…Also named to the Tacoma News-Tribune “Western 100”...Also participated in shot put, long jump, and sprints on his track team in high school
Personal
Son of Josh Racanelli…His father, Josh, played quarterback at Portland State…His brother, Canon, plays quarterback at Central Washington.
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 14 games with 10 starts during the 2024 season for the Grizzlies…Recorded 30 catches for 49 yards and two touchdowns while averaging 13.6 yards per catch…Totaled four receptions for 65 yards in the victory over Northern Arizona…Hauled in four catches for a career-high 102 yards , including a career-best 81-yard touchdown reception, in the victory over Portland State…Recorded three catches for 66 yards and a touchdown in the second round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs against South Dakota State.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in all 15 contests with two starts during the 2023 season for the Grizzlies…Hauled in 10 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown…Recorded a 26-yard reception in his first career appearance and start for the Grizzlies against Butler…Threw a 15-yard touchdown pass on a trick play against Idaho State…Added his first career touchdown catch on a 20-yard reception against Northern Colorado…Recorded a season-high four catches for 45 yards against Portland State.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not see any action due to injury during the 2022 season for the Grizzlies.
Prior to Montana
2021 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in 11 games during the 2021 season for the Huskies…Made five tackles with four solo efforts while primarily playing on special teams…Recorded a tackle against Stanford, Oregon, and Washington State…Set a career-high with two tackles against Arizona State.
2020 (Freshman)
Appeared in two games during the 2020 season for the Huskies…Made his collegiate debut against Arizona…Also played against Stanford…Redshirted.
High School
Missed his senior season due to injury…Helped lead Hockinson High School to back-to-back Washington 2A State Championships in 2018 and 2017…Became just the fifth player in state history to record 100 receptions in a season, finishing his junior season with 101 catches for 1,764 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior…Also added 207 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground, as well as 88 tackles with 11 tackles-for-loss and two interceptions on defense…Scored all six touchdowns for Hockinson in the 2018 Washington 2A State Championship…Named First Team All-State by the Tacoma News-Tribune, as well as First Team All-2A Greater St. Helen’s League as a junior…Hauled in 66 catches for 1,345 yards and 21 touchdowns during his sophomore season…Recorded 56 catches for 1,055 yards and 11 touchdowns as a freshman…Rated as the No. 50 “athlete” and the No. 8 recruit from Washington by ESPN, and the No. 21 “athlete” and No. 9 overall prospect from Washington by 247Sports…Also named to the Tacoma News-Tribune “Western 100”...Also participated in shot put, long jump, and sprints on his track team in high school
Personal
Son of Josh Racanelli…His father, Josh, played quarterback at Portland State…His brother, Canon, plays quarterback at Central Washington.
QB Robbie Ashford takes it himself for the score
Thursday, September 11
Chris Barnes scores the TD on the game's first kick
Thursday, September 11
Matt Barrie SportsCenter at Wake Forest with Demond Claiborne
Wednesday, September 10
Matt Barrie SportsCenter on Wake Forest Campus (Arnold Palmer Complex)
Wednesday, September 10
