On the same day his teammate K.J. Carta-Samuels committed to Washington, San Jose (Calif.) Bellarmine Prep athlete Aaron Chapman confirmed with Realdawg.com that he has accepted a walk-on offer from Chris Petersen.

Aaron Chapman

Chapman, a 6-foot, 170-pound running back and safety, had a walk-on offer from Petersen at Boise State and once he left to take the Washington head coaching vacancy he still kept that offer on the table.

"I was originally going to Boise State," Chapman told Realdawg.com. "But when the coaching staff left I was given the opportunity to also head to Washington."

His junior year Chapman took an unofficial visit to Washington for their junior day and was impressed with the campus. That was before the renovation. However, he tore his ACL his senior year and Washington stopped recruiting him. Once he got the walk-on offer from Petersen at Washington it became an easy decision to back away from Boise State and commit to Washington.

"It was pretty easy," said Chapman. "I was getting recruited by the University of Washington my junior year in high school and went up to Seattle for Junior Day and loved it. Unfortunately my senior year I tore my ACL and they backed out of recruiting me along with many other schools. Coach Strauss from Boise (who is now at UW) stuck with me though and that's why it was easy to make the decision to head up to UDub."

Now 16 months removed from his injury Chapman said he feels like his old self.

"My knees are great. Its been 16 months since I tore my ACL. I feel just like my old self again I'm ready to go out there and turn heads."

Chapman added that Washington wants him at safety and he will be moving up to Seattle March 31st.