The all-time University of Washington NFL team features 3 Hall of Famers

The College of Washington has produced 14 quarterbacks who’ve been drafted by the NFL.

The Huskies have had first-round draft picks (Lee Grosscup, Jake Locker) and quarterbacks who’ve began NFL championship video games (Don Heinrich), Tremendous Bowls (Chris Chandler) and Professional Bowls (Mark Brunell). These 14 quarterbacks went on to start out 449 NFL video games.

However the very best quarterback ever to return out of Washington wasn’t even drafted. Warren Moon took the Huskies to the Rose Bowl the place he received recreation MVP honors in an upset of Michigan. However the NFL had not warmed to the thought of African-American quarterbacks in 1978 so Moon went undrafted.

Undaunted, he signed with Edmonton of the Canadian Soccer League and promptly steered the Eskimos to 5 consecutive Gray Cup championships. He set a CFL report with 5,648 passing yards in a single season in 1983 en path to league MVP honors in his ultimate season up north.

Moon signed with the Houston Oilers in 1984 and went on to play 17 seasons within the NFL, incomes journeys to the Professional Bowl in 9 of them. He threw for 49,325 yards and 291 touchdowns to earn a bust within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame as a first-ballot choice. Moon is the one participant in each the Professional Soccer and CFL Halls of Fame.

So pencil Moon in because the quarterback on Washington’s all-time NFL workforce. He’s joined by two different Corridor of Famers, defensive sort out Arnie Weinmeister and halfback Hugh McElhenny, plus the NFL’s twentieth all-time main rusher, Corey Dillon.

Right here is the College of Washington’s all-time NFL workforce:

QB—Warren Moon, Corridor of Fame

HB—Corey Dillon, 4 Professional Bowls, 11,241 speeding yards, 82 TDs, Tremendous Bowl ring

FB—Marcel Reece, 3 Professional Bowls, blocking again for Darren McFadden

WR—Jerome Pathon, 8 seasons, 260 catches, 15 touchdowns

WR—Jermaine Kearse, 7 seasons, 255 catches, 17 touchdowns

TE—Mark Bruener, 14 seasons, 139 begins, 152 catches

T—Lincoln Kennedy, 3 Professional Bowls, 11 seasons, 141 begins

T—Khalif Barnes, 12 seasons, 117 begins

G—Kevin Gogan, 3 Professional Bowls, 14 years, 179 begins, 2 Tremendous Bowl rings

G—Jake Kupp, Professional Bowl, 12 years, 131 begins

C—Olin Kreutz, 6 Professional Bowls, 14 years, 187 begins

DE—Ben Davidson, 3 Professional Bowls, 11 years, 65 sacks

DE—Doug Martin, 10 years, 94 begins, 62 sacks

DT—Arnie Weinmeister, Corridor of Fame

DT—D’Marco Farr, 7 seasons, 88 begins, 37 sacks, Tremendous Bowl ring

OLB—Chuck Allen, 2 Professional Bowls, 12 years, 28 interceptions

MLB—Mason Foster, 8 years, 92 begins, 667 tackles

*-OLB—Shaq Thompson, 7 years, 89 begins, 574 tackles

*-CB—Marcus Peters, 3 Professional Bowls, 6 years, 31 interceptions, 6 TDs

CB—Mark Lee, 12 years, 32 interceptions

S—Lawyer Milloy, 4 Professional Bowls, 15 years, 25 interceptions, Tremendous Bowl ring

*-S—Budda Baker, 4 Professional Bowls, 5 years, 10 takeaways

Ok—Jeff Jaeger, Professional Bowl, 12 years, 229 FGs, 1,008 factors

P—Wealthy Camarillo, 5 Professional Bowls, 16 years, 1,027 punts, 42.7-yard common

KR—Hugh McElhenny, Corridor of Fame

*-ST—Cory Littleton, Professional Bowl, 5 blocked punts in his first 2 years

*-Nonetheless energetic