Great news Dawg fans! Jake Locker has decided to return to the Huskies for his senior season. Here are the highlights of the breaking news released on December 14th:
“After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to return to Washington and play my senior year, I am very excited about this [...]
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There’s no question the win over USC was one of the greatest moments in UW Football history, especially considering the state of the program last year. Here’s a couple ways to relive the moment:
Video of the Final Drive:
Order a DVD of the Huskies vs. USC game:
Every year college quarterbacks across the country are in consideration for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. Last year Jake Locker’s early-season injury knocked him out of the running. This year Jake is starting off ranked as the #15 quarterback in the country by fan votes.
The Davey O’Brien award is an individual award based on: [...]
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After two games, Jake Locker’s numbers are looking good. He is leading the Pac-10 and is 14th in the nation for total offense (321.5 yards per game), he is 3rd in the Pac-10 and 37th in the nation for pass efficiency at 149.59, but most importantly, he is helping the UW rank #1 nationwide for [...]
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Ted Miller of ESPN made his Pac-10 superlatives awards and predictions for the upcoming season. For Comeback Player of the Year, he chose Jake Locker. Here’s what he said:
Washington quarterback Jake Locker. A year after missing most of the season with a thumb injury, Locker will ride again. He might not pile up a lot [...]
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Finally made it to one of the open full-pads UW football practices. Coach Sark runs a very organized, fast-paced practice. They had music playing during parts of the practice and one song, in particular, seemed overly fitting: Snoop Dog’s “Step Yo Game Up” (the clean version, I hope). That’s exactly what the dawgs need to do [...]
Every year college football award programs create a watch list at the beginning of the year. Today Jake Locker was named to the Manning Award Watch List (full list below), an award given to the top quarterback each year.
This isn’t the first time Jake Locker was named to a prestigous award list. If you recall, [...]
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Jake Locker signed a contract with the Angels this past weekend, but don’t worry, he’s still focusing purely on football:
“It was just an opportunity that presented itself and it was something I didn’t believe would take away from me as a football player here, I want to play football and that’s what I’m going to [...]
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Sneak preview of the 2009 Lineup as reported by Bob Condotta
OFFENSE
QB Jake Locker/Ronnie Fouch.
TB Chris Polk or Willie Griffin/Demetruis Bronson
FB Paul Homer/Austin Sylvester
TE Chris Izbicki/Kavario Middleton
WR D’Andre Goodwin/Jordan Polk
WR Jermaine Kearse/Anthony Boyles
WR Devin Aguilar/Cody Bruns
LT Cody Habben/Mark Armelin
LG Ben Ossai or Ryan Tolar
C Ryan Tolar or Mykenna Ikehara
RG Senio Kelemete/Morgan Rosborough
RT Drew Schaefer/Skyler Fancher
DEFENSE
DE Daniel [...]
Sadly, Jake Locker broke his thumb in a freak accident when setting a block during a reverse during the Huskies game vs. Stanford. What was more broken than Jake’s thumb was the Husky defense. Fouch is a decent backup - he’s a good thrower who might not have the running abilities or decision making skills [...]
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