Jake Locker to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame

DerekJohnson

https://bellinghamherald.com/sports/nfl/article252813333.html

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

Thanks Taft!

GreenRiverGatorz

Why?

BleachedAnusDawg

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Why?

Was going to say the same thing. 7 wins out of the shadow of Willingham and Sark must have been good enough. "He was a fist round draft pick!"

picalogestabo

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Why?

chuck

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Why?

He gave his ability to see to the program. Yes, he got it right back when they fixed his helmet, but still.

FireCohen

Should have been a safety

GrandpaSankey

chuck said:

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Why?

He gave his ability to see to the program. Yes, he got it right back when they fixed his helmet, but still.

dnc

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

FireCohen

dnc said:

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

Stop bullying me!!!!

alumni94

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GrundleStiltzkin

dnc said:

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

PGOS

BleachedAnusDawg

dnc said:

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

Taylor Bean. Duh.

HairyBallsDawg

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Why?

I think this is reason enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrca5OeBgkw

trublue

Helluva athlete and competitor despite the coaching and recruiting during his time at UW.

When I think of Locker, I will always remember his incredible running/scrambling ability and all the big hits he took (before targeting was penalized).

Dude gave his all to the program. Don’t know if that qualifies for Husky HOF.

chuck

trublue said:

Helluva athlete and competitor despite the coaching and recruiting during his time at UW.

When I think of Locker, I will always remember his incredible running/scrambling ability and all the big hits he took (before targeting was penalized).

Dude gave his all to the program. Don’t know if that qualifies for Husky HOF.

I mock him now, but was a pretty dedicated defender when he was at UW. I didn't love him, or even like everything about him, but he had talent and played hard. He had to suffer some tough circumstances.

Sources

He gave up about 30 million to stay for his senior year.

MelloDawg

trublue said:

Helluva athlete and competitor despite the coaching and recruiting during his time at UW.

When I think of Locker, I will always remember his incredible running/scrambling ability and all the big hits he took (before targeting was penalized).

Dude gave his all to the program. Don’t know if that qualifies for Husky HOF.

It doesn’t. There are scholarship athletes who barely play and give their all to the program. Locker was a good dude, but statistically pretty bad and not built for much else but a wishbone.

RoadDawg55

dnc said:

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

I can’t have this argument. He was picked 8th in the NFL draft to play QB.

trublue

MelloDawg said:

trublue said:

Helluva athlete and competitor despite the coaching and recruiting during his time at UW.

When I think of Locker, I will always remember his incredible running/scrambling ability and all the big hits he took (before targeting was penalized).

Dude gave his all to the program. Don’t know if that qualifies for Husky HOF.

It doesn’t. There are scholarship athletes who barely play and give their all to the program. Locker was a good dude, but statistically pretty bad and not built for much else but a wishbone.

True . . . But Locker was a unique talent and had other options . . .

Would have loved to see Locker running Chip Kelly’s offense (the Read-Option) at Oregon . . . He had the misfortune of attending UW when the football program was bottoming out (coaching & to a lesser extent, recruiting).

Dixon was outstanding his senior year (2007) and first year under Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator.

Prior to that, he was wildly inconsistent.

DerekJohnson

RoadDawg55 said:

dnc said:

FireCohen said:

Should have been a safety

Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?

I can’t have this argument. He was picked 8th in the NFL draft to play QB.

I think Jake was a great guy and a wonderful person. But this isn't the Great Guys Hall of Fame.


7,639 yards and 53 td passes/ 35 INTs over 4 years.

W-L Records during UW career:
2007: 4-9
2008: 0-12
2009: 5-7
2010: 7-6

Highlights:
Beat #3 USC in 2009
Beat USC on the road in 2010
Beat Nebraska in 2010 Holiday Bowl

As I wrote about in Bow Down to Willingham, when 30+ UW players came to Jake and asked him to join them in going to Emmert to demand Willingham's firing, Jake said no.

Does all this say Husky Hall of Fame to you?