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Reggie Williams,2002AssociatedPress,FootballWriters,ESPN .com
ThemostprolificreceiverinWash-ingtonhistory,WilliamsinjustthreeseasonscrushedtheHuskies'career
recordsforreceptions(238)andreceivingyards(3,536) .ThosetotalswerehighlightedbyanAll-America2002season in which the Lakewood, Wash . native tallied94catchesand1,454yards,justtwoyardsshyofthePac-10single-seasonrecord .Williams'firsttwoseasonsat Washington were, statistically, the best two-yearrun of any receiver in Pac-10 history, with no otherconferencewideoutboastingmorereceptions,yardsandtouchdownsinanytwo-yearperiod .Afterreturn-ingin2003toclimbtosecondonthePac-10'scareerlistsforreceptionsandreceivingyards,WilliamswasdraftedeighthoverallbytheJacksonvilleJaguars inthe2004NFLDraft .
Larry Tripplett,2001FootballNews
Tripplett ledWashingtontoa26-10recordinthreeseasonsasastarteron the defensive line, starting 36consecutivegamesfrom1999-2001 .
HeearnedAll-Pac-10firstteamhonorsineachofhisfinaltwoseasons .HewasdominatinginWashington’sruntothe2001RoseBowlChampionship,includinganoutstandingperformanceagainstColoradothatearnedhimNationalDefensivePlayeroftheWeekhonors .Oneof12semifinalistsforthe2001RotaryLombardiAward,talliedacareer-best14tacklesforlossin2001 .HewasselectedbytheIndianapolisColtsinthesecondroundofthe2002NFLDraft .
Chad Ward,2000Associated Press, Walter CampFootballFoundation,FootballNews,TheSportingNews
Earnedfirst-teamAll-AmericahonorsafterleadingWashingtontoitsfirst
Rose Bowl title since 1992 and a postseason No . 3ranking .Oneofsixseniorsontheoffensivelinein2000,Ward earned Morris Trophy honors as the Pac-10'sbestoffensivelineman,helpingtheHuskiestorushforaPac-10best211 .7yardspergameenroutetoan11-1record .Athree-timeAll-pac-10honoree,WardstartedeverygameinhisHuskycareer,andwasdraftedinthe6throundbyJacksonville .
Husky First-Team All-Americans
Olin Kreutz,1997Associated Press, Walter CampFootballFoundation,FootballNews,TheSportingNews(ConsensusAll-American)
Afiery team leaderwhoproved tobeadominatingforceontheHuskies’offensive line .InadditiontohisAll-Americanhonors,hewasvotedthePac-10'sMorrisTrophywinnerastheleague'stopoffensivelineman .Atwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10pick,KreutzhelpedtheHuskiestoleadtheleagueinsacksallowedin1997 .HedeclaredfortheNFLdraftafterhisjuniorseasonandwasselectedbytheChicagoBearsinthethirdround .
Benji Olson,1996&1997Associated Press (1996, '97), TheSportingNews(1996),FootballNews(1996) and Walter Camp FootballFoundation(1997)
Thefirsttwo-timeAll-Americanof-fensivelinemaninUWhistory .EvenmoreimpressivewasthefactOlsonwasnamedaAll-AmericanasbothasophomoreandjuniorbeforedeclaringfortheNFLdraftpriortohisseniorseason .AsasophomorehepavedthewayforrunningbackCoreyDillon,whorushedforaschoolrecord1,555yardsand22touchdowns,andprovidedprotectionforthequarterbacksastheteamallowedonly18sacks,thesecondfewestinthePac-10 .Asajuniorheralliedfromoff-seasonbacksurgerytohelptheteamleadthePac-10insacksallowedandfigure third in total offense . He was a first-team All-Pac-10selectioninboth1996and1997andwasnamedtheteam’sJohnP .AngelOffensiveLinemanoftheYear(1996) .HewasdraftedbytheTennesseeOilersinthefifthroundofthe1998NFLdraft .
Jerome Pathon,1997FootballCoaches
JeromePathonhadthemostproduc-tive season ever by a Husky widereceiverin1997 .HesetUWsingle-season records for receptions (69)
andreceivingyards(1245)tobecomethefirstHuskyreceiversinceMarioBaileyin1991toearnfirst-teamAll-America honors . Pathon's yardage total was thesecondmost-receivingyardsinaPac-10season,trailingonlyUSC'sJohnnieMorton's1,373yardsfromthe1993campaign .PathonfinishedhiscareersecondonUW'scareerreceivingyardagelist(2,063)andwasfourthincareerreceptions(125) .DraftedbytheIndianapolisColtsinthesecondroundofthe1998NFLdraft .
ReggieWilliamsisWashington’sall-timeleadingreceiverandfelljusttwoyardsshyofthePac-10markduringhisAll-Americaseasonin2002 .
OlinKreutzearnedthePac-10’sMorrisTrophyastheleague’sbestoffensivelinemanduringhisAll-Americaseasonin1997beforeturning
professionalasajunior .
BenjiOlsonisWashington’smost-recenttwo-timeAll-Americaselectionandtheschool’sfirstattheoffensivelineposition .Heturnedprofes-sionalfollowinghisstellarjuniorseasonin1997 .
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Jason Chorak,1996TheSportingNews,FootballNews
JasonChorak,adefensiveendwithCroatianheritage,hadoneofthemoststellardefensiveseasons inHuskyhistory in1996 .Hewasnamed the
Pac-10Conference’sdefensiveplayeroftheyearafterrecordingateamrecordandconference-leading14 .5sacksandateamrecord22tacklesforloss .Chorakwasathird-teamAll-AmericaselectionbytheAssociatedPress . He was named a second-team All-Americanby theFootballNews in1997 .Hefinishedhiscareerasatwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10performer .Hehad59 .5tacklesforlossduringhiscareertorankNo .1onWashington'sall-timelist .His25 .5careersacksranksasthethirdbestmarkinUWhistory .
Lawyer Milloy,1995Football Writers Association ofAmerica, Football News, WalterCampAssociation,AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInternational,Newspa-per Enterprise Association, KodakCoaches,andTheSportingNews
LawyerMilloywasamulti-talentedathletewhobecamethefirstHuskydefensivebacktoleadWashingtonintacklesinback-to-backseasons,recording115inhislastyearasajunior .Hewasnamedthenation’sdefensivebackoftheyearbytheTouchdownClubofColumbusandwasoneofthreefinalistsfortheJimThorpeAwardasthenation’stopdefensiveback .Atwo-timefirst-teamAll-Pac-10freesafety,MilloywasawardedtheChuckNiemiBigHitAwardin1995 .MilloydeclaredfortheNFLdraftafterhishighlydecoratedjuniorseasonandwasselectedby the New England Patriots in the secondroundasthe36thpickoverall .
Mark Bruener,1993NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation
Asajuniorin1993,MarkBruenerledthe Husky receivers in receptions(30),yards(414),touchdowns(three),andlongcatch(66) .Hewasthefirst
tightendtoleadtheHuskiesinreceptionssinceJohnBradydiditin1972with30 .Bruenerrecordedhisonlycareer100-yardandmultipletouchdowngameinthe1993seasonopenerversusStanford,gaining101yardsand scoring two touchdowns . He was also named afirst-teamAll-Pac-10selection .Bruenereventuallywentontobecometheschool’scareerreceptionsleaderbyatightendwith90 .
Dave Hoffmann,1991&1992FootballNews,FootballWriter’sAs-sociation,andKodakCoaches
Alinebackerknownforhisintensityandferocioushitting,DaveHoffmannbecame the first Husky since Rick
Redman in 1963 and 1964 to be named a first-teamAll-American in consecutive seasons . He collectednumerousotherhonorshisseniorseasonincludingthePac-10DefensivePlayeroftheYearaward,theHuskyTyeeClubFootballAthleteoftheYearaward,theKIROPeteGrossplayeroftheyearaward,andtheGuyFlahertyMostInspirationalAward .HeledtheHuskiesintackleshisfinalthreeseasons,thefirstHuskytoaccomplishthatsinceDavidRillfrom1985to1987 .HoffmanfinishedhiscollegiatecareernumberthreeontheHuskyall-timelistfortackles-for-losswith45 .
Lincoln Kennedy,1992AssociatedPress,UnitedPressIn-ternational,KodakCoaches,FootballNews,WalterCampFootballFounda-tion,SportingNews
LincolnKennedywastheonlyunani-mousfirst-teamAll-AmericapickamongPac-10playersand the top offensive tackle in the nation his seniorseason .TheHuskyoffenseaveraged387 .6yards-per-gamelargelyduetohisblocking .Hewasalsoatwo-timefirst-team All-Pac-10 pick and Pac-10 Morris Trophywinner (top offensive lineman) . Kennedy was one offourfinalistsfortheLombardiAwardandasemifinalistfortheOutlandTrophy .HeallowedonlytwosacksinhisfouryearsatWashingtonandwastheninthplayerselectedinthe1993NFLdraftasafirst-roundpickoftheAtlantaFalcons .
Steve Emtman,1991Associated Press, United PressInternational,FootballNews,WalterCampFootballFoundation,FootballWritersAssociation,KodakCoaches,andSportingNews
SteveEmtmanwasthemostdecorateddefensiveline-maninHuskyhistory .BesideshisAll-Americanacco-lades,EmtmangarnerednumerousotherrecognitionsinleadingUWtothe1991NationalChampionship .Hewastheanchorofadefensethatallowedonly67 .1yardspergamerushingandonly9 .2pointspergametoopponents .HeistheonlyHuskytoearntheLombardiAwardandOutlandTrophyandisthehighestHuskyfinisherfortheHeismanTrophy,placingfourth .EmtmanledtheHuskydefensivelinemenwith60tackles,includingateam-best19 .5tacklesforlosses,6 .5ofwhichwerequarterbacksacks .EmtmanskippedhisseniorseasontoentertheNFLdraftandwasthefirstoverallpickbytheIndianapolisColts,thehighestHuskydraftpickever .
MarkBruenerwasastarforaprogramthatwaslabledasthenation’sbestinproducing
tightendsbySportsIllustrated .Atwo-timeAll-America,heoncestated“Igetmoreofacharge
runningoverguysthanrunningaroundthem .”
DaveHoffmannledtheHuskiesintacklesthreestraightseasonsandwasatwo-time
All-Americaselection .HewasafinalistfortheButkusAwardandwasthePac-10defensive
playeroftheyear .
SteveEmtmanisoneofthemorerecognizablefiguresinHuskyfootballhistory .Heearned
boththeLombardiAwardandOutlandTrophybeforeturningprofollowinghisjuniorseason .
Hewasthefirstpickinthe1992NFLdraft .
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Mario Bailey,1991Associated Press, United PressInternational and Football WritersAssociation
MarioBaileywasaspeedyreceiveron the 1991 Championship team
whoholdsmostoftheHuskyreceivingrecords .HesetthePac-10andWashingtonstandard for touchdownreceptions with 17 and also boasts Husky recordsforcareerreceivingyards(2,093),careertouchdownreceptions(17),receptionsinaseason(62)andtouch-downreceptionsinagame(three) .Baileyfinishedhiscollegiatecareerwiththesecondmostreceptions(131)inWashingtonhistoryandissecondinsingle-seasonreceivingyardswith1,037 .Inthe1992RoseBowl,Baileycaughtsixpassesfor126yards,whileHeismanTrophywinnerDesmondHowardofMichiganwasheldtoonecatchfor35yards .
Greg Lewis,1990WalterCampFootballFoundationandSportingNews
GregLewis is theHuskies’highestoffensive finisher in the HeismanTrophy race, achieving a seventh-
placefinishafterastellarseniorseason .HonoredasthePac-10OffensivePlayeroftheYear,LewisalsowasnamedtheinauguralDoakWalkerAwardwinnergiventothetopjuniororseniorrunningbackinthenation .Lewis’1,279yardsand127 .9yardspergameweretheHuskies’bestsingle-seasonperformancesatthetime .He rushed for 100-plus yards in all but one game, astandardstillyettobeequaled .LewiswasnamedtheGuyFlahertyAwardwinnerbyhis teammatesas theteam’smostinspirationalplayer .
Bern Brostek,1989SportingNews
Bern Brostek was a hard-nosedcenterwhoanchoredtheoffensiveline which helped produce 364 .5yardsoftotaloffensepergame .He
wontheMorrisTrophyawardasthePac-10’soffensivelinemanoftheyearandearnedfirst-teamAll-Pac-10accolades .BrostekwasnamedtheJohnP .Angelwin-nerastheHuskies’topoffensivelinemanbyteammatesandcoaches .
Reggie Rogers,1986United Press International, WalterCamp Foundation, Scripps HowardNews,andTheSportingNews
ReggieRogerswasalsoabasketballstandout,whoanchoredadefense
whichallowedonly88 .9yardsrushingand182 .2yardspassingpergame .HewasnamedtheMorrisTrophy
winnerasthetopdefensivelinemaninthePac-10andwasafirst-teamAll-Pac-10pick .Rogersrecordedateamhigh13tacklesforlossesof81yards .HeamassedteamawardsastheKIROPlayeroftheYear,theL .WaitRisingLinemanoftheYearandtheJohnP .AngelDefensiveLinemanoftheYear .
Jeff Jaeger,1986AssociatedPress,UnitedPressIn-ternational,WalterCampFoundation,FootballNews,andScrippsHowardNewsService
JeffJaegeristheall-timeHuskyscor-ingleaderwith358pointsandholdstheNCAArecordwith80careerfieldgoals .Heconnectedon17-of-21fieldgoalattemptsand42-of-43extrapointattemptsinhisseniorseason .Jaegerwassix-of-sevenonfieldgoalattemptsfrom40+yardsout,hisonlymisscomingfrom51yards .
Tim Peoples,1986TheSportingNews
Tim Peoples collected 101 tacklesinhisseniorseasonfromthesafetypositiononhiswaytonumerousac-colades .HewasafinalistfortheJim
ThorpeawardastheNationalDefensiveBackoftheYear,afirst-teamAll-Pac-10selectionandanhonorablemen-tionAssociatedPressAll-American .Peopleswaspartofadefensivebackfieldthatallowedonlyninetouchdownpassesallseason .Herecordedtwointerceptionsandwas therecipientof the team’sBigHitAward for thethirdconsecutiveseason .
Ron Holmes,1984United Press International, FootballWriters Association, Football News,WalterCampFoundation
RonHolmeswasanunanimousAll-Americanselectionwhowasnamed
theMostValuableLinemanintheHuskies’28-17victoryoverOklahomaintheOrangeBowl .Holmesrecorded117tacklesfromhisdefensivetacklepositionincluding12tackles-for-loss .Holmesreceivedfirst-teamAll-Pac-10recognitionandwasvotedtheMorrisTrophywinnerasthemostoutstandingdefensivelinemanbyPac-10foes .TeammateshonoredhimastheL .WaitRisingLinemanoftheYearandtheJohnP .AngelDefensiveLinemanoftheYear .Hewentontobeafirst-roundselectionintheNFLdraftbytheTampaBayBuccaneers .
TheinauguralwinneroftheDoakWalkerAward,GregLewiswasthePac-10playerofthe
yearandsurpassed100yardsinninestraightgameshisseniorseasonin1990 .
AfirstroundNFLdraftpickin1985,RonHolmeswasnamedthemostvaluablelinemaninUW’s
winoverOkalhomaintheOrangeBowl .HeearnedtheMorrisTrophyasthePac-10’sbest
linemanaswellasAll-Americahonors .
Atwo-sportstandoutinbothbasketballandfootball,ReggieRogershadnotplayedafull
seasonoffootballsincehisjunioryearinhighschool .HejoinedtheHuskyfootballteamasa
junioratUWandbecameanAll-Americaselec-tionandMorrisTrophywinner .
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Chuck Nelson,1982Associated Press, United PressInternational,WalterCampFounda-tion,SportingNews,FootballNews,NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation,Football Writers Association, andKodakCoaches
ChuckNelsonholdstheHuskyrecordforpointsbykick-inginaseason,scoring109pointsinhisrecord-breakingseniorseason .Nelsonconverted25-of-26fieldgoalsfor a .962 percentage, establishing an NCAA record .Nelsonconvertedall34extrapointsheattempteddur-ingtheseason .HestillholdstheNCAArecordfor30consecutivefieldgoalsfrom1981-82 .Hiscareerfieldgoalpercentageof .819isthebestall-timeintheUWand Pac-10 history and stands second in the NCAArecordbooks .Nelsoncappedhisstellar1982seasonbywinningtheKIROPlayeroftheYear,theSeattlePostIntelligencerStaroftheYear,andmakingthefirst-teamCoSIDAAcademicAll-Americateam .
Mark Stewart,1982Associated Press, Walter CampFoundation,SportingNews,FootballNews
MarkStewartamassed104tackles,including17tacklesforlossand10
sacksonhiswaytonumeroushonors .HissacktotalisthethirdhighestinaseasonbyaHuskyandhis47careertacklesforlossisthesecondmostinWashingtonhistory .StewartwasalsonamedanhonorablementionAll-AmericanbyUnitedPressInternationalandafirst-teamAll-Pac-10selection .StewartwasnamedSportsIllustratedandtheAssociatedPressdefensiveplayeroftheweekforhisplayagainstUCLAwhenhetotaled17tackles,includingfivesacks,andtwoothertacklesforloss .Stewartwasalsoanacademicstandout .HewasnamedtothePac-10All-Academicteamandwasa second-team selection to the CoSIDA AcademicAll-Americateam .
Tony Caldwell,1982NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation
Tony Caldwell was an unheraldedlinebackerwhorecorded75tacklesinhisseniorseason .Caldwellwasnamed the defensive MVP of the
Aloha Bowl against Maryland . He had eight tackles,includingthreeforlossinthatgame .
Ray Horton,1981NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation
Ray Horton was one of the bestone-on-onecoveragemeninHuskyhistory . He recorded two of his10 career interceptions and was
responsiblefor14passbreakupsinhisAll-Americanseason .Hortonwasafirst-teamAll-Pac-10selectionandanhonorablementionAssociatedPressAll-Ameri-can .HealsoreturnedpuntsfortheHuskies,amassing113yardsonateamhigh23puntreturns .HortonwasdraftedbytheCincinnatiBengalsinthesecondroundoftheNFLdraft .
Jeff Toews,1978SportingNews
Jeff Toews led the way on the of-fensivelinefor1,111-yardrusherJoeSteele . Besides earning first-teamhonorswithTheSportingNewsand
thePac-10,hewasnamedasecond-teamAll-AmericanbytheAssociatedPress,UnitedPressInternational,andFootballNews .Toewswasnamed theL .WaitRisingAward as the Huskies’ most outstanding lineman in1977and1978 .HewasdraftedinthesecondroundoftheNFLdraftbytheMiamiDolphins .
Skip Boyd,1974TheSportingNews
SkipBoydwasatwo-timeAll-Pac-8performerwhoaveraged42 .2yardsperpuntinhisAll-Americaseason .That stands as the second-best
single-seasonaverageinHuskyhistory,surpassedonlybyhis43 .0averagefromthe1973season .His1974totalsincludedtwopuntsthatwent70yards .Hiscareerpuntingaverageof41 .2yardsperpuntistiedwithJeffPartridgeastheall-timebestinWashingtonhistory .
Calvin Jones,1972AssociatedPress
CalvinJoneswasaspeedycorner-backforWashingtonwhoamassedtwointerceptionsandwasinfamousfor his open field prowess . He re-
turnedeightkickoffsfor193yardsand15puntsfor200yardsandonetouchdown .JoneswasthewinneroftheGuyFlahertyAwardfor the team’smost inspirationalplayer .HewasalsonamedaUPIAll-Coastfirst-teammemberanunprecedentedthreetimes,afirst-teamAll-AmericanCompetitormember,aGridironsecond-teamAll-American,andtheinauguralwinneroftheKIRO-TVPlayeroftheYear .
Atagenine,ChuckNelsonfinishedsixthinthenationalPunt-Pass-and-Kickcompetition .In1982,hecrushedtheNCAArecordbymaking
30-straightfieldgoals .HewasalsoearnedAcademicAll-AmericaandPac-10Medal
honorsasasenior .
TonyCaldwellwasnamedthedefensiveMVPintheinauguralAlohaBowlin1982,a21-20winoverMaryland .HelaterplayedinSuperBowl
XVIIIwiththeLosAngelesRaiders .
Oneofthemostinspirationalplayersofhisera,CalvinJoneswasathree-timeall-league
honoreeandtheinauguralwinneroftheteam’sofficialPlayeroftheYearawardpresentedby
KIRO-TV .
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Jim Krieg,1971PopWarnerAll-American
JimKriegteamedwithSonnySixkillertoformoneofthebestpassingcom-binations in college football in 1970and1971 .Kriegcaught22passesfor
482yards inhisAll-Americanseasonandreturned12kickoffsfor284yardsandonetouchdown .His99-yardtouchdownreturnagainstTCUistiedforthelongestinHuskyhistory .Healsohada95-yardkickoffreturnforatouchdown in1970againstStanford .Krieg’s27 .7yardaverageforcareerkickoffreturnsisthe11thbestaver-ageinNCAAhistory .
Al Worley,1968AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInter-national,AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation,FootballNews
AlWorley,nicknamed“TheThief”,set an NCAA record with 14 inter-
ceptions in 1968 . He finished his Husky career with18 interceptions to be the program’s all-time leaderinthatcategory .BesideshisnumerousAll-Americanaccolades,Worleywasdecoratedasasecond-teamSportingNewsAll-American,afirst-teamAll-Pac-8pick,afirst-teamUPIAll-CoastselectionandtheKING-TVMostImprovedPlayer .Heendedhiscollegiatecareerbyparticipating in theHulaBowlwherehemadeaninterception .
Tom Greenlee,1966AssociatedPress,UnitedPressInter-national,AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation,FootballDigest
Tom Greenleewasa gifted athletewhoflewaroundtheendondefense
tomakebigplays .HewasvotedtheL .WaitRisingAwardastheteam’stoplineman .Atonly6-0and195pounds,hewasabletoreturnkicksandalsohadoneinterception .BesideshisAll-Americanhonors,Greenleewasafirst-teamAll-Pac-8selection,afirst-teamAll-CoastpickandparticipatedintheShrineGameandHulaBowl .
Rick Redman,1963&1964United Press International (2 times),Look Magazine (2 times), AmericanFootballCoachesAssociation(2times),Newspaper Enterprises Association,NBCSports,CBSSports,HelmsFoun-dation,andFootballDigest
RickRedmanisoneofWashington’smostdecoratedath-letesinhistory,claimingAll-Americanrecognitioninthreeseasons .Heaveraged12-15tacklesagameandwasalsotheteam’spunter,averaging37 .6yardsinhis134careerpunts .Redmanwastheteam’sL .WaitRisingAwardwinnerasthetoplinemanin1964andwastheDetroitSportsExtra
LinemanoftheYearin1963 .RedmanplayednineyearsintheAFLwithSanDiegoandhasbeeninductedintotheCollegeFootballHallofFame .
Roy McKasson,1960Associated Press, Look Magazine,AmericanFootballCoaches,News-paper Enterprise Association, ABCSports
RoyMcKassonwasundersizedandnotwidelyrecruitedbutbecameoneofWashington’sgreatest players . He was a consensus All-Americanasacenterin1960aswellasanAll-Conferenceandunanimous All-Coast selection . McKasson won the1960L .WaitRisingAwardastheschool’sLinemanoftheYear .HewasUPIandSportsIllustrated’sLinemanoftheWeekversusStanford .McKassonwasselectedastheBigFivelinemanoftheweekthreetimesduringtheseason .
Kurt Gegner,1960ABCSports
KurtGegnerplayedtacklewithequalfervorontheoffensiveanddefensivesideoftheball .HepavedthewayonoffenseforthelikesofBobSchloredt,
DonMcKetaandGeorgeFleming .GegnerearnedAll-BigFiverecognition,UPIAll-Coastandwasnamedtothe AP’s second-team All-Coast squad . Gegner waspresentedtheL .WaitRisingAwardbythecoachesastheteam’slinemanoftheyearin1959 .
Bob Schloredt,1959AssociatedPress
BobSchloredtbeganthe1959seasonasareserve,butendeditasanAll-American .Ajack-of-all-tradeswholedtheteaminpassing,touchdowns,
interceptionsandhada40-yardaverageastheteam’spunter . Schloredt’s honors included a second-teamHearstNewspaperAll-Americanaward .HewasnamedtheoutstandingplayerintheRoseBowl,thefirstoftwotimesheearnedthatdistinction .SchloredtwasnamedtheWestCoastPlayeroftheYearbytheAPandUPIandwontheW .J .VoitTrophyforthePlayeroftheYearontheWestCoast .
Milt Bohart,1953LookMagazineMilt Bohart was a second-teamAll-AmericapickbytheAssociatedPressandUnitedPressInternational .Hewas recognizedasafirst-teamAll-Coast pick by the AP and UPI .
Bohartbeganhiscareerasalinebackeranddefensiveguardbeforeswitchingtooffensiveguard .HewastheAPNationalLinemanoftheWeekversusUSC,thefirst
JimKreigreturnedakickofffor99yardsagainstTCUandalsorecordeda95-yardreturnagainst
Stanford .HecaughtaTDpassfromSonnySixkilleragainstPurdueinoneofthegreatthrill-
erseverinHuskyStadium .
Seattle’sRickRedmanearnedfirst-teamAll-Americahonorstwice,wasnamedthetopline-manattheEast-WestShrineGameandplayed
intheHulaBowl .RedmanisamemberoftheCollegeFootballHallofFame .
TomGreenleestartedhiscareerasarunningback,movedtodefensiveback,thenearnedAll-
Americahonorsasa6’-0”defensiveend .TheGarfieldHighSchoolgradwasafourthround
pickintheNFLdraftafterappearingintheEast-WestShrineGameandHulaBowl .
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UWlinemantowinthehonor .BohartwasawardedtheFlahertyAwardbyhisteammatesasthesquad’smostinspirationalplayer .
Don Heinrich,1950,1952AssociatedPress(twotimes)
Despite missing the 1951 season duetoaseparatedshoulder,DonHeinrichfinishedhiscareerasoneofthegreat-estquarterbacksincollegiatehistory .
Hewasafirst-teamAll-Coastselectionbothseasonsheplayed . Heinrich led the nation with 1,846 passing yardsandcompletedanNCAArecord134passes(60 .6comple-tionpercentage)in1950 .Heinrichledthenationwith137completionsin1952 .Hepassedfor296yardsagainstKansasStatein1950andthrew70passeswithoutaninterception .Heinrich’s80-yardTDconnectiontoGeorgeBlackversusStanfordin1952ranksasoneofthelongestinHuskyhis-tory .Hestillranksfifthall-timeamongHuskyquarterbacksinpassingyardsandissixthintotaloffense .
Hugh McElhenny,1951Associated Press and NewspaperEnterpriseAssociation
Hugh McElhenny was a big-playspecialistandscoringmachinedur-inghisUWcareer .Knownas“The
King,”hesettheWashingtonscoringrecordwith233points,themostbyanon-kickerinHuskyhistory .His125pointsin1951stoodfor45yearsasthemostproductiveseasoneverbyaHusky .HefinishedeighthintheHeis-manballotingafterrushingfor936yards,catching24passesfor339yardsandscoring17touchdownsin1951 .Hereturnedapunt100yardsforatouchdownagainstUSC, still the longest in Husky history . McElhenny’s77-yard touchdown reception against Illinois stillranksasoneofthelongestinHuskyhistory .HeistheonlyHuskytohaveapuntreturn,akickoffreturnandarushfromscrimmagethatexceeds90yards .HestillholdstheHuskysingle-gamerushingrecordwith296yards,accomplishedagainstWashingtonStatein1950 .McElhennyisamemberoftheNFLHallofFameandCollegeFootballHallofFame .
Dick Sprague,1950FootballWriters’Association
DickSpraguewasathree-sportath-leteatWashington,letteringinfoot-ball,basketball,and track .HewasthefirstsophomoreAll-Americanin
theschool’shistory .Spraguemadeseveninterceptionsin1950,theseventhmostinHuskyhistoryandhad13duringhiscareer .Spraguealsoplayedhalfbackontheoffensivesideoftheball .HewasanAll-CoastselectionbythecoachesinthePacificCoastConference .
Ray Frankowski,1940,‘41ConsensusAll-America
RayFrankowskiwassaidtobethebestguard in thenationduringhiscollegecareer .HewasaconsensusAll-Americaninboth1940and1941 .
FrankowskiwaspickedoneveryAll-Opponentteamin1940-41andwasunanimousonmost .HewasalsoamemberoftheHuskyfencingteamandwastheNorthernDivisionHeavyWeightwrestingchampionin1941 .
Jay MacDowell,1940
Jay MacDowell caught 12 passesfor 170 yards (14 .2 average) in hisAll-Americanseason .Hewasonly19yearsoldduringhisseniorseason .MacDowell also performed well in
1938,catchingeightpassesfor139yardsandearningAll-Coastrecognition .
Rudy Mucha,1940ConsensusAll-American
Rudy Mucha played center on thelinenexttoRayFrankowski,formingoneofthegame'smostfearedlines .MuchahelpedtheHuskiespostfive
shutoutsduringtheseason .
Vic Markov,1937Walter Camp Football Foundation,Liberty Magazine, InternationalNewsService
Vic Markov was considered thepremierlinemanontheWestCoast
during his three-year career . He was a member ofthe All-Coast Team in 1936 and 1937 and made theAll-Opponent’sTeam .Heplayedinthe1937RoseBowland 1938 Pineapple Bowl . Markov was the secondhighest vote-getter and captain for the 1938 CollegeAll-Stars that defeated the Washington Redskins .MarkovwasanaccomplishedwrestlerwhoqualifiedfortheOlympictrials .
Max Starcevich,1936ConsensusAll-American
Max Starcevich was an All-Coastmember in 1935 and 1936, despiteonlyplayingoneyearofhighschoolfootball . Starcevich worked in a
steelmillforayearandahalfafterhighschooluntilthedepressionforcedhimbacktoschool .Heplayedinthe1937RoseBowlandwasapartofaCollegeAll-StarteamthatwasthefirsttodefeataproteamwhentheydownedtheGreenBayPackers .
BremertonnativeDonHeinrichwasnamedaAll-Americainhisfirstcollegeseasonasasophomorein1950 .Hefinishedninthinthe
HeismanTrophyballotingin1953andisamem-beroftheNationalFootballFoundationCollege
HallofFame .
DickSpraguenabbed13interceptionsduringhiscareerandjoinedDonHeinrichasthefirst
UWsophomorestoearnAll-Americahonorsin1950 .Aversatileplayer,heplayedoffense,de-fense,puntedandreturnedpuntsandkickoffs .
RudyMuchawasthefirstHuskycentertoearnAll-Americahonors .Heteamedwtihfellow
All-AmericaRayFrankowskitohelpformthenation’smostfearedoffensiveline .Helater
wonaNFLtitlewiththeChicagoBears .
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Jim Cain,1936All-American
Jim Cain was an aggressive run-ning back who garnered All-CoastrecognitionbesideshisAll-Americanaccolades .Cain led theHuskies in
scoring in1936with37points .Heplayed in the1937RoseBowlandwasapartofaCollegeAll-StarteamthatwasthefirsttodefeataproteamwhentheydownedtheGreenBayPackers .
Bill Smith,1933
BillSmithwasanAll-Coastselection,aswellasteamcaptainandMVPin1933 .Hescored39points,thesecondmostinthePacificCoastConference .Smith handed Stanford a 6-0 loss,
theironlyconferencedefeatinthreeseasons,withtwofieldgoals .Heplayedinthe1934East-WestGame,thefirstevercollegeall-stargame .
Dave Nisbet,1932
DaveNisbetwasanendwhomadeanameforhimselfasablocker,defen-siveplayerandspecialistatblockingpunts .Hewasalsoasecond-teamAll-American in 1931 . Nisbet made
NationalChampionSouthernCalifornia’sAll-OpponentTeamin1931andwasanAll-Coastmemberin1931and1932 .Heplayedinthe1933East-WestAll-StarGameinChicagoandblockedtwopuntsinthegame,oneofwhichhereturned35yardsforatouchdown .
Paul Schwegler,1930,‘31AssociatedPress,UnitedPressandPopWarner
Paul Schwegler was a first-teamAll-Americaninboth1930and1931andalsoanAll-Coastperformerfrom
1929-31 .Hewascaptainin1931andwontheGuyFlahertyAward,givenannuallytothemostinspirationalHusky .SchweglerplayedintheEast-WestShrineGameandwaspickedasthecontest’sdefensivestar .
Merle Hufford,1929UnitedPress
Merle Hufford earned All-Coasthonors and became Washington’sfourth football All-American . Healso received all-coast honors in
1930despitebeinginjuredformostoftheseason .Hewasatwo-yeartracklettermanandanaccomplishedwrestler .HuffordwasdraftedbytheRedskinsin1932,butneverplayedafterinjuringhiskneeduringthefirstdayofpractice .
Chuck Carroll,1928Associated Press, United Press,New York Evening Post, Interna-tionalNews,AmericanDailyNews,Chicago Evening Post, New YorkSun,J .HeismanandKnuteRockne,Pop Warner, Howard Jones All-
AmericanTeam
ChuckCarroll,knownastheIronMan,isoneofonlythree footballplayers tohavehisnumber (2) retired .HeledtheteamandPacificCoastConferenceinscor-ingin1927and1928andhelpedleadtheHuskiestoa24-8 record during his collegiate career . Carroll wasinductedintotheNationalFootballFoundationHallofFamein1964 .
George Wilson,1925Associated Press, Collier’s Maga-zine
GeorgeWilsonisthefirstconsensusAll-American in Husky history . Hisnumber(33)isoneofthreeretired .
Wilson was the Guy Flaherty Award winner as theHuskies’mostinspirationalplayerandconsideredthebestplayerofthefirst50yearsofHuskyfootball .Hewasathree-timeAll-Americanhalfbackandamemberof the 1924 and 1926 Rose Bowl teams . As a senior,Wilson rushed for 134 yards and threw two touch-downsagainstAlabamaintheRoseBowl,generatingvirtuallyallofWashington’soffense .HewaselectedtotheCollegeFootball(1951)andtheRoseBowl(1991)HallofFames .
Louis Seagraves,1916
Louis Seagraves was a guard ona6-0Huskysquad thatscored189pointsandallowedjust16points .HewillforeverholdthehonorofbeingWashington’s first-ever first-team
All-Americaselection .
ChuckCarrollisoneofonlythreeWashingtonfootballplayerstohavehisjerseyretiredand
promptedthen-StanfordcoachPopWarnertoexclaim“Theseoldeyeshaveneverseena
finerfootballplayer .”
FollowinghiscareeratWashington,PaulSchweglerwasnamedthedefensiveMVPof
theEast-WestShrineGamein1931and,in1967,wasinductedintotheNationalFootball
FoundiationCollegeHallofFame .
BillSmithwasashiningstaronthe1933teamthatwonjustfivegamesbuthandedStanford
itsonlylossinthreeseasons,a6-0defeatthatfeaturedapairofSmithfieldgoals .
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Academic All-Americans1955JimHouston,1stteam
1959MikeCrawford,1stteam
19�0BobHivner,1stteam
19�3MikeBriggs,1stteam
19�5SteveBramwell,1stteamRonMedved,2ndteam
19��MikeRyan,1stteamCliffCoker,3rdteam
19��DonMartin,2ndteam
19�0BobLovlien,2ndteam
19�1DickGaluska,2ndteam
19�2SteveWiezbowski,2ndteam
19�9BruceHarrell,1stteam
1981MarkJerue,1stteamChuckNelson,1stteamMarkStewart,District9
1982ChuckNelson,1stteamMarkStewart,2ndteam
1985HughMillen,DistrictVIIIDavidRill,DistrictVIII
198�DavidRill,1stteam
198�DavidRill,1stteam
1989EdCunningham,DistrictVIII
1990EdCunningham,2ndteam
1991EdCunningham,1stteam
1993JimNevelle,DistrictVIII
1994EricBjornson,2ndteam
1995JohnFiala,DistrictVIIISteveHoffmann,DistrictVIIIDamonHuard,DistrictVIIIDaveJanoski,DistrictVIII
199�NigelBurton,DistrictVIIIJohnFiala,DistrictVIIIDaveJanoski,2ndteam
199�NigelBurton,DistrictVIIIAaronDalan,DistrictVIIIBrockHuard,DistrictVIII
1998NigelBurton,DistrictVIIITonyCoats,DistrictVIIIAaronDalan,DistrictVIIIBrockHuard,DistrictVIII
1999RyanFleming,DistrictVIIIChrisJuergens,DistrictVIII
2000RyanFleming,DistrictVIII
2001KyleBenn,DistrictVIII
National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award(Originatedin1959)Year Player,Pos .1960 BarryBullard,t1963 MikeBriggs,t1964 BillDouglas,qb1966 MikeRyan,og1972 BillCahill,cb1979 BruceHarrell,lb1984 DanEernissee,c1985 HughMillen,qb1987 DavidRill,ilb1993 JimNevelle,c
NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship RecipientsYear Name1965 BilDouglas1967 MikeRyan1972 JimKrieg1973 JohnBrady1977 ScottPhillips1978 BlairBush1980 BruceHarrell1982 MarkJerue1983 ChuckNelson1983 MarkStewart1988 DavidRill1992 EdCunningham1997 DaveJanoski1999 NigelBurton2001 MarquesTuiasosopo
Husky Academic Award Winners
JimHouston,1955
BruceHarrell,1979
EdCunningham,1989-91
MikeRyan,1966
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National Award WinnersDoak Walker Award WinnerYear Player, Pos.1990 GregLewis,tb
Lombardi Trophy WinnerYear Player, Pos.1991 SteveEmtman,dt
Outland Trophy WinnerYear Player, Pos.1991 SteveEmtman,dt
WarrenMoon
ArnieWeinmeister
HughMcElhenny
SteveEmtman
Huskies and the HeismanNote:TherehavebeensixformerWashingtonplayersrankedamongthetopvote-gettersinpreviousHeismanTrophyballoting .Here’salookatthoseplayersandwheretheyfinishedintheannualvoting:
Name Finish YearHughMcElhenny 8th 1951DonHeinrich 9th 1952GregLewis 7th 1990SteveEmtman 4th 1991NapoleonKaufman 9th 1994MarquesTuiasosopo 8th 2000
Huskies in thePro Football Hall of Fame
Hugh McElhennyHalfback • �-1, 198 • Los Angeles, Calif.Inducted: 1970NFL Teams: SanFrancisco49ers(1952-60),MinnesotaVikings(1961-62),NewYorkGiants(1963),DetroitLions(1964)Career Highlights:5,281rushingyards,360points .Scored40-yardtouchdownrunonfirstproplay .
Arnie WeinmeisterDefensive Tackle • �-4, 235 • Rhein, Saskatchewan, CanadaInducted: 1984NFL Teams:NewYorkYankees(AAFC,1948-49),NewYorkGiants(1950-53)Career Highlights:Dominantdefensivetackleofhistime .Four-timeAll-NFLselection,fourProBowls .
Warren MoonQuarterback • �-1, 195 • Los Angeles, Calif.Inducted: 2006CFL Teams:EdmontonEskimos(1978-83)NFL Teams:HoustonOilers(1984-93),MinnesotaVikings(1994-96),SeattleSeahawks(1997-98),KansasCityChiefs(1999-2000)Career Highlights:LedtheEdmontonEskimostofivestraightGreyCuptitles .Anine-timeNFLProBowlselection .Threwfor70,553yardsand435touchdownsin23seasonsinCFLandNFL .ThefirstAfrican-AmericanquarterbackevertobeenshrinedintheHallofFame .FirstplayertomakeCFLandNLFHallsofFame .
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All-Conference Selections(first-teamselectionsonly)
1952 GeorgeBlack,e DonHeinrich,qb LouYourkowski,t1953 MiltBohart,g1955 FredRobinson,t1956 GeorgeStrugar,t1957 JimJones,fb1959 ChuckAllen,g DonMcKeta,hb BobSchloredt,qb1960 ChuckAllen,g GeorgeFleming,hb KurtGegner,t RayJackson,fb RoyMcKasson,c DonMcKeta,hb1961 JohnMeyers,t CharlieMitchell,hb JimSkaggs,g1962 JuniorCoffey,fb CharlieMitchell,hb RickRedman,g RodScheyer,t1963 MikeBriggs,t JuniorCoffey,fb BillDouglas,qb RickRedman,g1964 KollHagen,g JimLambright,de RickRedman,lb1965 FredForsberg,t DaveWilliams,oe1966 TomGreenlee,de MikeRyan,g SteveThompson,dt1967 SteveThompson,dt1968 GeorgeJugum,lb AlWorley,db1970 TomFailla,dl ErnieJanet,og CalJones,db1971 GordyGuinn,dl CalvinJones,db TomScott,wr1972 GordyGuinn,dl CalvinJones,db1973 SkipBoyd,p1974 SkipBoyd,p1975 AlBurleson,db DanLloyd,lb RayPinney,c1976 CharlesJackson,ng1977 BlairBush,c NesbyGlasgow,cb MichaelJackson,lb JeffToews,g1978 NesbyGlasgow,cb KyleHeinrich,db MichaelJackson,lb DougMartin,dt JeffToews,ot
1979 BruceHarrell,ilb MarkLee,cb/rs DougMartin,dt AntowaineRichardson,olb JoeSteele,tb1980 ChuckNelson,pk1981 AnthonyAllen,rs RayHorton,cb FletcherJenkins,dt MarkJerue,ilb ChuckNelson,pk1982 ChuckNelson,pk JacqueRobinson,tb PaulSkansi,wr MarkStewart,olb1983 RonHolmes,dt RickMallory,og StevePelluer,qb*1984 RonHolmes,dt TimMeamber,ilb FredSmall,olb1985 VesteeJackson,cb JoeKelly,ilb ReggieRogers,dt1986 LonzellHill,se JeffJaeger,pk RodJones,te TimPeoples,ws ReggieRogers,dt MikeZandofsky,og1987 MikeZandofsky,ot1988 DennisBrown,dt1989 BernBrostek,c1990 BenoBryant,rs SteveEmtman,dt+ DonaldJones,lb DeanKirkland,og GregLewis,rb* CharlesMincy,cb JeffPahukoa,ot TravisRichardson,de1991 MarioBailey,se* EdCunningham,c SteveEmtman,dt+ ChicoFraley,lb DanaHall,cb DaveHoffmann,lb DonaldJones,lb1992 DaveHoffmann,lb+ NapoleonKaufman,tb LincolnKennedy,ot1993 NapoleonKaufman,tb MarkBruener,te TomGallagher,ot1994 NapoleonKaufman,tb MarkBruener,te FrankGarcia,c LawyerMilloy,fs1995 ErnieConwell,te InkAleaga,ilb LawyerMilloy,fs
DonMcKeta,1959,60
BillDouglas,1963
InkAleaga,1995,96
JoeSteele,1979
Husky Pac-10 Award Winners
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1996 CoreyDillon,tb OlinKreutz,c BenjiOlson,og JasonChorak,dl+ InkAleaga,ilb TonyParrish,fs1997 RashaanShehee,tb JeromePathon,fl CameronCleeland,te OlinKreutz,c BenjiOlson,og JasonChorak,de JerryJensen,wlb1998 JabariIssa,dl JoeJarzynka,ap2000 HakimAkbar,db ElliotSilvers,ot LarryTripplett,dt MarquesTuiasosopo,qb* ChadWard,og2001 KyleBenn,c LarryTripplett,dt2002 ReggieWilliams,wr2003 ReggieWilliams,wr CharlesFrederick,kr
Note:WashingtonhadonePacific-10ConferencePlayeroftheYearwhowasnotafirst-teamall-conferenceselectionpriorto1983whenOffensiveandDefensivePlayerswerefirstnamed .WarrenMoon shared Pacific-10 Conference Player oftheYearhonorswithStanfordquarterbackGuyBenjamin in 1977 . Benjamin was the first-teamAll-Pacific-10 Conference selection at quarter-backthatyear .
*OffensivePlayeroftheYear+DefensivePlayeroftheYear
Pac-10 All-Academic Selections
2007 LinusChou,lb CodyEllis,wr PaulHomer,fb2006 CodyEllis,wr2005 CodyEllis,wr TyEriks,dl2004 CodyEllis,db TyEriks,dl CaseyPaus,qb JamesSims,rb2001 KyleBenn,c2000 KyleBenn,c RyanFleming,p1999 RyanFleming,p1998 BrockHuard,qb TonyCoats,og AaronDalan,ot ToddJohnson,lb NigelBurton,db HakimWeatherspoon,db1997 NigelBurton,rov AaronDalan,ot BrockHuard,qb
1996 DaveJanoski,fl NigelBurton,ss1995 DamonHuard,qb DaveJanoski,fl ErnieConwell,te StephenHoffmann,dt1994 EricBjornson,se SteveHoffmann,nt1993 JimNevelle,c1992 JimNevelle,c SteveHoffmann,nt MikeLustyk,dt1991 OrlandoMcKay,wr EdCunningham,c1990 OrlandoMcKay,fl EdCunningham,c ShanePahukoa,db1988 BrettWiese,og TonyZackery,cb1987: DavidRill,lb BoYates,olb1986 DavidRill,ilb1985 DavidRill,ilb BoYates,olb1984 DanEernissee,c DennisMaher,ot HughMillen,qb1983 DanEernissee,c1983 DennisMaher,ot1982 ChuckNelson,pk MarkStewart,olb1981 MarkJerue,ilb ChuckNelson,pk StevePelluer,qb1980 ChuckNelson,pk MarkJerue,ng1970 BoCornell,fb BillCahill,db BobLovlien,lb WayneSortun,og1961 NormDicks MikeBriggs1960 BarryBullard1957 KarstenLewis
The Morris TrophyPac-10 Lineman of the Year+Defensivewinner;*Offensivewinner
1981 +FletcherJenkins,dt1984 +RonHolmes,dt1986 +ReggieRogers,dt1989 *BernBrostek,c1990 +SteveEmtman,dt1991 +SteveEmtman,dt *LincolnKennedy,ot1992 *LincolnKennedy,ot1993 +D’MarcoFarr,dt1996 *BobSapp,ot1997 *OlinKreutz,c2000 *ChadWard,og
BrockHuard,1997,98
TonyCoats,1998
BoYates,1985,87
ElliotSilvers,2000
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