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Washington has another guard committed for 2027. RJ Barhoum, a 6-foot-5 prospect from Clackamas High School in Oregon, announced his choice of the Huskies on November 7. He becomes the program’s second reported pledge in that class, following Jimmie Haywood III.

That is a useful November development for Danny Sprinkle: another perimeter prospect with Northwest ties. It is not a reason to start assigning future minutes. The commitment is the news; the eventual basketball fit still has to be earned.

What Barhoum actually announced

In his own November 7 social-media announcement, Barhoum said he had decided to commit to Washington and thanked Sprinkle, assistant coach Mike Mennenga and general manager Alex Kline for believing in him.

Dan Raley reported the commitment for Washington Huskies On SI in an article published November 8. Teren Kowatsch’s separate November 8 report for Huskies Roundtable also identified Barhoum as a Clackamas guard joining the 2027 class. The announcement date and the reporting date are different; neither is a game date.

Raley describes Barhoum as a shooting guard, while Kowatsch calls him a combo guard. For now, the broader description works: Washington has a perimeter prospect committed, not a confirmed college position or role.

Two guards, two Northwest connections

Haywood’s commitment came November 3. Raley’s report that day identified the 6-foot-4 guard as a Seattle-connected prospect playing at AZ Compass Prep in Arizona after earlier stops at Garfield and Bellevue high schools.

Barhoum adds an Oregon connection to that beginning. Together, the pledges give Washington two guard prospects to follow as the 2027 class takes shape. That is more concrete than a list of recruiting targets, but it remains an early picture rather than a finished roster.

The basketball question is how their perimeter skills eventually translate against college defenders. Shooting can create room for an offense, but a guard also has to make decisions when that room disappears. Handling pressure and defending consistently will matter alongside any shooting reputation. Those are evaluation questions, not claims that either recruit has already answered them.

A connection to Washington’s new staff

Barhoum’s acknowledgment of Mennenga and Kline is worth noticing without turning it into a claim about who secured the commitment.

Washington Athletics announced Kline’s addition as general manager on September 17. The university announced Mennenga’s move from Oregon to Sprinkle’s staff on September 24, noting that his Oregon responsibilities included recruitment and player development.

Those appointments supply relevant context for Barhoum’s announcement. They do not establish Washington’s recruiting budget, explain every recruiting decision or prove that the program has abandoned prospects outside the Northwest. Two commitments are not enough evidence for those conclusions.

A pledge is progress, not a finished product

The verified development here is a commitment, not an official Washington signing announcement. Barhoum’s public choice gives fans someone new to track, while Haywood’s earlier pledge gives that interest a second point of comparison.

For Sprinkle, the encouraging part is straightforward: the 2027 perimeter group is beginning to take shape. The next meaningful steps will be confirmation of who joins the program and, eventually, how those players develop. Enjoy the recruiting progress. Keep the rotation predictions on hold.

Cover photograph is illustrative basketball photography, not an image of the named player or the reported game.