The names Foster Sarell, Joshua Garnett, Zach Banner and Kasen Williams became household names pretty quickly when those four started high school.

Each ended up an All-American in high school, Sarell, Banner and Williams are Army All-American's while Garnett was an Under Armour All-American.

From the day they stepped foot on high school campuses, big things were expected from them.

But that was anomaly at the time- it was rare that a freshman would command attention that early, let alone live up to they hype and expectations over the following four years.

Garnett was the most ready to play of the four, a mauler we saw at camps as an 8th grader, competing with juniors and seniors in high school. Williams made his big splash in the state championship game his freshman year, the year before Garnett got to high school, keeping an incredible Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline rally alive in the 2007 3A state championship game with a clutch fourth quarter catch, where he got crushed but held on to the ball, to allow the Spartans to rally from three touchdowns down and win.

Banner was more potential than a sure thing at the young age, but when we saw him standing on the Lakes sideline as a freshman, there was no doubt he had a future in the game.

Sarell was probably the closest to Garnett in terms of expectations over his career and may have surpassed him by the time he was a senior before following those same footsteps to Stanford.

Washington has produced plenty of talent, but it has been players that developed over the course of their careers.

It was as a sophomore at Bellevue (Wash.) High that Budda Baker really had his coming out party, returning a number of kickoffs for touchdowns on a talented Bellevue squad. Same for Reggie Williams at Lakewood (Wash.) Lakes and Paul Arnold at Burien (Wash.) Kennedy Catholic.

Yet here we are, in the spring of 2018, and already an incredible six freshman already have an FBS offer.

And that number could grow in the coming months, before their first full year of high school is complete.

Sammamish (Wash.) Eastside Catholic defensive end J.T. Tuiamoloau is arguably the top prospect in the state in that class, and maybe overall, and he landed the earliest offer that Washington head coach Chris Petersen has ever extended, in September of his freshman season. USC followed suit shortly after.

Steilacoom (Wash.) receiver Emeka Egbuka got his recruitment going with an offer from Florida State- a school that has plenty of talent in a 100-mile radius from their Tallahassee campus, but saw enough in Egbuka to kick-start his recruitment. Oregon and Oregon State have since joined the mix.

Seattle (Wash.) Garfield defensive lineman Antwan Brown beat everyone to the punch, earning an offer from Arizona shortly after completing junior high, before he started classes as a Bulldog.

Last month, USC extended offers to a pair of Pierce County freshman, Tacoma (Wash.) Lincoln athlete Julien Simon and Spanaway (Wash.) Bethel athlete Will Latu.

The Trojans, which sit in the most fertile recruiting base in the West, were compelled to be the first to offer a pair of out-of-staters, speaking to the talent level of both and an increased respect for the football played in Washington.

And then there is Burien (Wash.) Kennedy Catholic quarterback Sam Huard, who statistically, had a season to remember as a freshman, earning MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year honors this past fall after an impressive rookie campaign with the Lancers. Nevada was the first to offer the southpaw and Washington State followed suit last week.

And with his family history with Washington, his father Damon was a three-year starter for the Huskies and his uncle Brock followed his big brother as the starter for the Dawgs the next three years, you can expect Petersen and offensive coordinator to likely continue the Huard tradition and extend an offer.

In fact, Huard is so well thought of already, his uncle Luke Huard, the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Sacramento State hasn't even tried to extend a courtesy offer, knowing it's probably too little and too late.

And those are just the players with offers.

Kennedy head coach Sheldon Cross made the risky decision to start a wet-behind-the-ears Huard as a freshman, and a number of other 9th graders, last fall, but the chemistry those players had shown having played together for years in youth football paid off.

"The 2021 class is one of the best group of kids in one class Washington has seen," said Cross. "There are so many talented kids that happen to be the right mix of height, weight and speed."

Huard had two freshman receivers who were on the receiving end of almost 120 of his completions, over 2,000 yards and over 20 touchdowns.

Jabez Tinae led Kennedy in receiving yardage with 1,278 yards on 59 receptions and 12 touchdowns while Junior Alexander, who's hail mary touchdown reception from Huard on Northwest television in their second game, was one of his 10 touchdowns and one of his team-best 60 receptions, which went for 859 yards.

Those three played youth football together with FSP Future and made Cross' decision to insert them in to the lineup early on, look smart.

Plus, they've played all offseason together with FSP Five-Star, winning the #AveryStrong Elite 32 last month with the only unbeaten record.

"Because of the Ford Sports Performance Facility and similar ones like HEIR Football, Elite Training Academy and RISE Football, kids are exposed to NFL and college football players at an earlier age and the reality of hard work in the weight room and off season football skills," said Cross. "Our kids here at Kennedy Catholic are able mentally and physically to play as freshman because of the confidence and reps they were given prior to arrival. The moments have not been too big for our guys and that itself is a major change in the last few years."

While neither Tinae or Alexander have an offer, yet, schools like Stanford, Oregon, USC and Washington State have already been by to watch them work out.

Egbuka has been one of our favorite players out West to watch all offseason and with new Steilacoom offensive coordinator Greg Herd, who played in the NFL, now in charge of the Sentinel offense, expect Egbuka to make an even bigger jump.

He's one of the smoothest and most explosive receivers in the West, regardless of class, already and was the lone freshman named to the 247Sports All-Pylon Super Team from the Pylon National 7on7 in Nevada.

As a freshman, he wasted no time making an impact for the Sentinels, catching 44 passes for 808 yards and 13 touchdowns

Egbuka, who plays for HEIR Football, the same program that produced Tre'Shaun Harrison, who signed with Florida State in February, went down to Florida in January and was one of the standouts in the FBU Freshman All-American Game.

Not long after, Willie Taggart, who knew plenty of Egbuka when he was at Oregon, offered. Then came an offer from the Ducks and the Beavers.

HEIR founder and coach Reggie Jones saw Egbuka's emergence coming before he even started high school, when he first started training him.

"Emeka was ready to play high school football as an 8th grader," said Jones. "He started the first half of the season as a running back just to get him on the field. Once he made the switch to his natural position of receiver, his domination on opposing defenses began."

Brown is a player who's intriguing for Garfield, still young and looking like a freshman, but with size and strength that projects him high.

Arizona offered him last spring and he started high school knowing he already had a chance to play college football.

Brown ended his freshman season, which he helped the Bulldogs to the 3A state semifinals, as a Second Team Freshman All-American.

Simon is another player we knew plenty about going in to his freshman season, seeing the bearded middle schooler last spring at a 7v7 tournament and being in Seattle on the first weekend of the season when on the first play of the game, there was the new 9th grader on the field for the Abes.

He could play a number of positions- he loves offense, especially running back or receiver, but we think he ends up an outside linebacker in college. He too ended his freshman season as a Second Team Freshman All-American on defense, as a linebacker.

Last month, USC, which he had visited unofficially in April, became the first of what will be many offers for Simon and Utah quickly got involved a week later.

Latu has been overshadowed at times by his FSP teammates Simon, Huard and Tuimoloau, but he joined them in the offer department when the Trojans

Cross said newcomers to high school are much more savvy to how the recruiting process works, but more importantly, what it takes to play at the next level.

"Another thing that has happened in the last few years in Washington is, social media wise, kids are much more informed on how the recruiting world works and what it looks like to be that type of player," said Cross. "Kids in this class seem to have a great understanding of how they “want” to be really good and gravitate to like minded kids. Because kids can all be so much closer now days via social media, they spend more time outside of school and following each other."

Sumner (Wash.) High, which has sent players to Stanford and TCU in the past two classes, after going decades without nary a D-I prospect, had two freshman lineman on varsity last season.

Head coach Keith Ross told 247Sports before the season how rare that was for him to have two freshmen, let alone linemen, playing with varsity, but that showed the ability of the two, Ethan Barney and Caden Cross.

Chris Fetters of Sports Washington/Dawgman has covered recruiting in the state since 1998 and he's seen the transformation of the caliber of players happen. He also seen how quickly the timeline has accelerated.

"The process has gotten so sped up that it's no surprise that we're talking about monster classes three and four years ahead," said Fetters. "Back at the turn of the millennium we would hear about sophomores like Paul Arnold and Reggie Williams and feel like we were ahead of the curve compared to the world outside college football war rooms, and we were. The internet had barely scratched the surface of what it would eventually uncover. And we'd go to summer camps and see eighth-graders like Benning Potoa'e go head-to-head with high school juniors and knew we had found a real scoop."

And like Cross, Fetters says social media has sped it up.

"You might hear about one or two special players in a particular class. That's about as much as a normal state of Washington class could muster. But the 2021 class is starting to rival in hype the vaunted class of 10 years ago that had Kavario Middleton, Everrette Thompson, Alameda Ta'amu, Senio Kelemete, Jermaine Kearse and David DeCastro at the top of the list. We knew about most of those guys going into their sophomore seasons, but eighth grade? No way," said Fetters. ""Social media has thrown everything into hyperdrive, including recruiting."

Ryland Spencer, the publisher of Cascadia Preps, the 247Sports high school site dedicated to the state of Washington, says the 2021 class is unlike any he's seen and there are great players that have had to wait their turn that should be getting more attention soon.

"We've still got three years left before these kids are signing," said Spencer. "There are a lot of D-I players in this state we don't even know about yet. Myles Jack was listed as 5-foot-7 and 140-pounds as a freshman in the 2009 Washington state championship program. Not every player is going to grow like Myles, but there will be a lot."

One name to know, according to Spencer, is quarterback Jake Blair of Camas (Wash.).

"A name to remember is Jake Blair," said Spencer. "He didn’t start last year because they had a senior. He will also be one of the best baseball players in the state."

Another player who's had to wait his turn, and will have to still wait another year to be the starter, is Clay Millen at Snoqualmie (Wash.) Mount Si.

The son of former Washington quarterback and NFL signal-caller, Hugh Millen, Clay will be the backup at Mount Si this year, but for good reason.

His older brother, Cale, who just committed to Oregon on Sunday, will be entering his third year as the starter for Mount Si.

But this offseason, Clay has been leading the way for HEIR Freshman 7v7 and Jones anticipates an even bigger jump from him over the next few years.

"Clay is as good as it gets in the 2021 class at quarterback," said Jones. "The only thing standing in his way is his brother Cale. Clay is a can’t miss prospect, a fiery competitor, a leader who is poised and makes all the throws already as a freshman."

Even with some names people aren't as familiar with, yet, with all the known names, Spencer agrees that the state is in rare air.

"This is the deepest class I have ever seen at this point in the process," said Spencer. "I think just the quarterback position alone you could end up with seven or eight FBS/FCS players, that we know of right now."

That includes Walla Walla (Wash.) DeSales quarterback Dante Maiuri, who threw for nearly 2,000 yards and 16 touchdowns in his varsity debut as a freshman.

Interestingly enough, while MaxPreps had Huard as the National Freshman of the Year and three other Washington natives on the Freshman All-American squad, there was only one freshman named to any of the AP All-State teams for each division: Caden Jumper of Eatonville (Wash.).

"Caden is a kid that for sure is on the list," said Spencer. "I think he is a Power 5 guy long term. His dad played at Oregon and he was the state's all-time leading rusher when he graduated from Eatonville with over 5,000 yards."

Jumper was an Honorable Mention 2A All-State selection, the lone freshman in the state picked to any respective all-state team.

Scott Eklund, who covers recruiting for Sports Washington as well as Cascadia Preps, also sees this class as something special.

"What sets the 2021 class apart from any other class is the depth of talent we are seeing the state produce," said Eklund. "You have a guy who could be one of the top five players in the country in J.T. Tuimoloau, but you also could go five or six deep with guys who will have national offers from Top 25 programs. This state has produced a lot of talented kids, but aside from Josh Garnett's class in 2012, the amount of talent coming from this state is the best I've ever seen."

Garnett's class was strong in offensive linemen, not just in the state, but in the West- the 2012 offensive line class is one of the best the region has ever produced.

But there is more than one strong position in this class.

"In previous years, you might have one position that dominates a class, such as the line class of 2012 with Garnett, Zach Banner, Walker Williams, Nathan Dean and Jake Eldrenkamp, all of whom had Power Five offers, but in this class you have several players from multiple positions who eventually will or already have offers from Top 25 programs," said Eklund.

One linemen who quickly put himself in the discussion for tops in the state in the 2021 class is Owen Prentice of Seattle (Wash.) O'Dea.

Prentice was the lone freshman starter on the offensive line for the Irish, who won the 3A state title in December.

There are a number of other players in the 2021 class that earned significant time on varsity that have the potential to find their name in that mix in three years, including Olympia (Wash.) River Ridge QB/DB Jevon Brown, Lakewood (Wash.) Lakes safety Jaedon Hall, Puyallup (Wash.) Rogers cornerback Angel Sanchez and Tacoma (Wash.) Stadium receiver Reed Shumpert.

Plus players set for varsity for the first time, like Puyallup (Wash.) receiver Jaiden Tapec and Federal Way (Wash.) athlete Jatavious Magee, who was set to be a varsity starter as a freshman before an injury derailed his season.

And then there will be more players that emerge over the course of the year, from the Eastside of the state and both in the Central and Southern parts of Washington.

But still, when it comes to the cream of the crop in this class, the conversation begins and ends with Tuimoloau- he's that good already, and in the discussion with Garnett and Sarell as wire-to-wire top players in their class in the state.

"J.T. is one of the most athletic players that I have had in my program and we have had some good ones, like Myles Jack, Budda Baker, Salvon Ahmed, Hunter Bryant and Connor Wedington," said Tracy Ford of Ford Sports Performance, who has trained Tuimoloau since he started 7th grade in 2015. "J.T. could easily play tight end in college if he wanted to with his athleticism but obviously projects best at defensive line and has Sunday-type potential."

And Ford also had Huard when he was in middle school, so it was no surprise how quickly he took to varsity football.

"Sam has work ethic that you can't coach," said Ford. "He has a lot of 'want to.' That attitude alone with his skill set and approach to how he prepares for games and knowing he was going to be coached by Coach Cross, an ex-college coach, we knew that would accelerate his process to be ready to play and be an impact player as a freshman."

Fortunately for the Evergreen State, Tuimoloau, Huard and Egbuka are just a few of the many elite prospects in that class.

The 2020 class can't be slept on either, with the No. 1 prospect in the West in Seattle (Wash.) Garfield OLB/DE Sav'ell Smalls and the No. 2 receiver in the West, Sammamish (Wash.) Eastside Catholic four-star Gee Scott standing out already, two of six Washington natives in the initial Top247 for 2020.

But the 2021 class is even further along at the same stage, and that is a good thing for the state.

Cross, who has been a graduate assistant in the Pac-12 and an offensive coordinator at the FCS level, and coached and recruited in the state, as well as played as a high school quarterback, being a high school coach in Washington right now and in the near future is as good a time as ever.

And at the end of the day, Cross said the mixture of rising talent with the already present coaching benefits the state even more.

"It is really cool to see how much improvement and talent there has been in Washington," said Cross. "The more classes like this we have as a state, the better the future is. There are so many big time high school coaches in Washington and that mix of coaching and talent with this class has made a drastic difference in how our players are viewed on a national level. And the competitive level of our teams will definitely show."