2017 Washington Huskies football team

The 2017 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Chris Petersen led the team in his fourth season as head coach. Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the North Division title with Stanford. Due to their head-to-head loss to Stanford, they did not represent the North Division in the Pac-12 Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Penn State.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

Recruiting

Position key

Recruits

The Huskies signed a total of 18 commits.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

At Rutgers

Montana

Fresno State

At Colorado

At Oregon State

California

At Arizona State

UCLA

Oregon

At Stanford

Utah

Washington State

vs Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)

Awards and honors

Coaches

Pete Kwiatkowski – Defensive coordinator

• Broyles Award : Semi-Finalist

Offense

Dante Pettis – Wide receiver – Senior

• Paul Hornung Award (most versatile player) : Finalist

Special teams

Dante Pettis – Return specialist – Senior

• Jet Award (top return specialist) : Winner

All-Pac-12 Individual awards

Vita Vea – Defensive tackle – Junior

• Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
• Morris Trophy

Pac-12 All-Conference Team

First team

• Dante Pettis – Wide receiver/Return specialist – Senior
• Kaleb McGary – Offensive tackle – Junior
• Coleman Shelton – Center – Senior
• Vita Vea – Defensive tackle – Junior
• Taylor Rapp – Safety – Sophomore

Second team

• Myles Gaskin – Running back – Junior
• Will Dissly – Tight end – Senior
• Greg Gaines – Defensive tackle – Junior
• Keishawn Bierria – Linebacker – Senior
• Ben Burr-Kirven – Linebacker – Junior
• Jojo McIntosh – Safety – Junior

Honorable mention

• Salvon Ahmed – Running back – Freshman
• Tevis Bartlett – Linebacker – Junior
• Jake Browning – Quarterback – Junior
• Myles Bryant – Cornerback – Sophomore
• Nick Harris – Guard – Sophomore

NFL Scouting Combine

Seven members of the 2017 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine held between February 27 and March 5, 2018 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Top position performer

NFL draft

The 2018 NFL draft was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 26 through April 28, 2018. The following Washington players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.

Notes

1.Due to injury, Dante Pettis did not participate in combine drills.

References