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Jake Locker to be inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame

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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,739 Standard Supporter
    dnc said:

    FireCohen said:

    Should have been a safety

    Who do you suggest we should have played at QB?
    Taylor Bean. Duh.
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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    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.

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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,808 Swaye's Wigwam
    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.
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  • Sources
    Sources Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,382 Founders Club
    He gave up about 30 million to stay for his senior year.
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  • MelloDawg
    MelloDawg Member Posts: 6,917
    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.
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  • trublue
    trublue Member Posts: 3,042
    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.
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