Jedd Fisch’s secret weapon at Washington is paying off in recruiting
On the GoHuskies.com football coaching staff site, Ben Creamer is listed toward the bottom where his vague role of director of sports science is listed.
He’s sandwiched between Kim Harmon, MD, the associate team physician, and Tanner Graves, the director of football performance nutrition.
Click his name and there’s a picture of Creamer, his title and his e-mail address. No explanation of his role for the Washington football program.
He might also be coach Jedd Fisch’s secret weapon.
The Huskies hosted a massive amount of top prospects last weekend – it’s already led to two commitments from defensive backs four-star Ksani Jiles and three-star Elijah Durr. Many of the recruits on campus raved about their meetings with Creamer, who was not made available for an interview by Washington.
A trainer from Ohio who has also worked in boxing, Creamer has a background in numerous martial arts and has become something of a hand combat expert who trains NFL players and now is working with the Huskies at every position but especially along the defensive line to increase sacks and pressures.
Recruits are absolutely taking notice – especially because when they’ve gone on other visits they’ve never talked to anyone like this before.
“He was a great person all-around,” said four-star defensive end Bott Mulitalo, who backed off his Oregon pledge following his visit to Seattle.
“I like how he is very attention-to-detail with his hand fighting and martial arts, and how he brings that to the football world. No other school I’ve visited had a coach like him.”
Four-star offensive lineman Reis Russell said: “He teaches some really cool stuff. All that cross training I feel like could help us a lot with our hands as linemen. Cool to see the unique parts of every program and that’s a big one.”
“No other school I’ve visited had a coach like him.”
Four-star DE Bott Mulitalo
There is no bio listed on his GoHuskies.com page but according to a story in The Seattle Times, Creamer has trained NFL players.
If recruiting is about finding an edge and then utilizing that to your advantage to win with top prospects, then Creamer certainly helped with a lot of recruits who met him over the weekend.
“Every time I get on campus I look for an opportunity to get with him,” four-star defensive end Derek Colman-Brusa said.
“He is definitely a plus. One of my favorite guys for sure. If UW is my place, I hope he’s ready for me because I’m going to spend a lot of time with him.”
Four-star defensive end Landon Barnes came to Washington all the way from Duncanville, Texas, and he’s happy he did. One big reason was sitting down and getting pointers from Creamer.
“He teaches some really cool stuff,” Barnes said. “All that cross-training, I feel like could help us a lot with our hands as linemen. Cool to see the unique parts of every program and that’s a big one at UW.
“He was great. I wish I was working with him.”
If the Huskies play their cards right, Barnes might have that chance soon enough.
