Washington’s 2025 5-star long snapper commit hopes you forget his name.

“It’s best if nobody knows your name if you’re the long-snapper,” Hunter Solwold said.  “If they do usually something bad happened.”

The Washington Huskies future long snapper,  has spent his young life walking in his father Mike’s footsteps.  His dad was a high school All-American–Hunter is an Under Armour All-American long snapper.  His father was a long snapper for UW and Hunter is committed to UW as a long snapper.

Ok, his pops was at the “other” UW– University of Wisconsin (where he won two Rose Bowls), while Hunter will do the snapping at Husky Stadium–where Mike also did some long-snapping at the Greatest Setting in College Football during the 2001 season as a Dallas Cowboy.

“When the Seahawks stadium was being built we played at Husky Stadium,” Mike recalled.  “It looked very different back then.”

And, craziest of them all is that Hunter will be playing under Jedd Fisch like his Super Bowl-winning father.

“In 2004, I was playing with the Baltimore Ravens and Fisch was an offensive assistant,” Mike recalled.

It was a reunion of sorts when Hunter, who committed to the Huskies over the summer, was on hand for Washington’s 26-20 victory over USC.

“We met him on the visit and he remembered me,” Mike said.  “Actually, before the visit Coach (Jordan) Paopao had spoken with Fisch about Hunter and my name came up, but I hadn’t spoken with Fisch since 2004 so it was great to see him again.”

Mike played in the NFL for 5 years and was on two Super Bowl-winning squads, including the New England under Bill Belichick–whose young son, now a Husky assistant, roamed the Patriots sideline.

Hunter is 6-3, 230 pound senior long snapper at Fallston, Maryland, a small town of 10,000 a few miles northeast of Baltimore, is grateful to have a mentor like his father.

“It’s great having a dad as a resource.  A lot of kids don’t have that,” he said.  “I’ve had him as a teacher since a very young age.”

Whether it’s selecting a school or staying calm when he’s snapping the ball in a pressure-packed situation.

“He’s helped me have goals,” he said with an obvious grin that alluded to a friendly family rivalry.  “One of those goals is to be better than he was.”

An Under Armour All-American and rated a 5-star long snapper by kicking guru Chris Sailer, he is a well-rounded football player.

Measuring himself against his father’s legacy has been a inspiring endeavor.  As a junior matched his dad on being a high school All-American as his dad was in 1996.  However, his dad won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2003 ahead of retiring in 2006.  He was also a part of the Patriots in the middle of their Super Bowl run.

“He was with the New England Patriots when they won the whole thing in 2005 but only for when their long-snapper was injured,” he said.  “Once he was healthy my dad got released.  He was on the roster but didn’t dress up for games.

Like his father he prides himself in versatility.

“I also play tight end or I’ll line up in the slot,” he told RealDawg.  “I’ll help my team anyway I can so my coaches put me in wherever they can find a mismatch.”

In fact, Hunter had a 76-yard touchdown pass in the final game of the regular season.  After the regular season wrapped up, he and his dad flew all the way across the country for the Washington-USC game.

Before the start of his senior season he shut down his recruiting, choosing a school 3,000 miles away over Maryland which is 58 miles away, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and Connecticut.

“Even before I was in talks with Washington I knew of their long-snapper Jaden Green,” he said.  “I have always watched the long snappers who stood out and he was one of them.  I also watched his film from his senior year in high school because he was like I am catching passes and outrunning guys to the end zone.

He likes to measure himself against his dad’s accomplishments and against the former Husky long snapper, as well.

“I see a lot of my game in Jaden,” he said “When Jaden was still in high school he went to the Kohl’s Scholarship Camp in Tennessee and competed against 500 other specialists and won the whole thing.”

Hunter was a big fan of Greens but the Huskies weren’t even on his radar as player until he was offered this past summer.  Now, like he is doing with his father Hunter has the opportunity to follow in Green’s footsteps.

“Like Jaden I won the long-snapper award at the Kohl’s Specialist Camp and became an All-American, was well,” Hunter smiled.

However, there are two plays where Hunter hopes to not match Green.

“Jaden’s first snap in college went over the punter’s head against Oregon State,” he recalled.  “In the Sugar Bowl he ran into the returner and I was like ‘Jaden, no’.  But, he also caught that 2-point conversion last year.”

Looking at the entirety of Green’s career at Washington, Hunter hopes to have an equally productive career at UW–and the NFL like his father.

“Other than those two things he was money,” he said.

After finishing second in the their region, Hunter’s Fallson Cougars takes on Sparrows Point in the first round of the playoffs Thursday night