The 2017 Washington Huskies football team represented the

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during the

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led the team in his fourth season as head coach. Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the

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and played their home games on campus at

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. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the North Division title with

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. Due to their head-to-head loss to Stanford, they did not represent the North Division in the

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. They were invited to the

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where they lost to

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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 –

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: Semi-Finalist

Offense

Dante Pettis Dante Garrison Pettis (born October 23, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies. Early life Pettis attended ...

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– Senior *

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(most versatile player) : Finalist

Special teams

Dante Pettis – Return specialist – Senior *

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(top return specialist) : Winner

All-Pac-12 Individual awards

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Junior * Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year *

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Pac-12 All-Conference Team

First team *

– Wide receiver/Return specialist – Senior *

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Junior * Coleman Shelton –

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Senior *

– Defensive tackle – Redshirt

Junior *

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– Sophomore Second team *

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– Senior * Greg Gaines – Defensive tackle – Redshirt

Junior *

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Senior *

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– Linebacker – Junior *Jojo McIntosh – Safety – Redshirt

Junior Honorable mention *Salvon Ahmed – Running back – Freshman *Tevis Bartlett – Linebacker – Junior * Jake Browning –

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– Junior * Myles Bryant –

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– Sophomore * Nick Harris –

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– Sophomore

NFL Scouting Combine

Seven members of the 2017 team were invited to participate in drills at the 2018

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held between February 27 and March 5, 2018 at

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in Indianapolis, Indiana. Top position performer

NFL draft

The

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was held at

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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

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Washington Huskies football seasons

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