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Weirdest Husky Careers

WoolleyDoog
WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,106 Founders Club
edited August 2021 in Hardcore Husky Board
Was recently going back and looking at the 2014 season and came to the realization Cyler Miles probably had the weirdest career of a Husky I can remember in my lifetime.

-Comes out of Colorado as a high four-star and commits to UW when Sark is flying high at 7-6 (sidenote, has UW ever gotten a player out of Colorado that hasn't been a bust or head case?)
-Turns down a hot pitch from USC and signs as the second QB in the same class with a local four-star QB
-Is immediately declared a future minor savior by a lot of doogs
-Steps in for Keith Price a bit, looks good, and many want him to replace Price
-Assaults Seahawk fans after the Super Bowl, almost gets kicked off the team
-Wins the starting job and is really bad
-Retires from football and actually retires with eligibility. I feel like you have players now who have to retire because they lose a limb and still find a way to just play somewhere else, but he legit quit football.
-My dad points out at some point that he looks like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Other weird careers that crossed my mind - Greg Walker, Greg Carothers, EJ Savannah, James Johnson, Andrew Hudson - mostly considering guys who were in the program for at least a few years.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club
    Tom Erlandson was from Colorado. Played one or two years in the NFL.
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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,106 Founders Club
    theknowledge said:

    I think Jay Barry was from Colorado. He was a pretty good player for us, made some big plays. Not a head case.

    Good call. Was before my time. I figured there were a few. I remember Devin Aguilar was solid too but remember hearing he was possibly a weirdo.
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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,106 Founders Club
    hardhat said:

    Naijiel Hale and Darren Gardenhire

    Both good ones. I remember wishing Gardenhire had hung around. Was a great DB to have in depth.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,883 Founders Club
    And @WilburHooksHands
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  • huskyhooligan
    huskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,930 Swaye's Wigwam
    Roc Alexander was a CO guy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX0tVDmX5Qo

    Rosengarten on the current roster seems to have some promise on the OL.
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  • BeerThirty
    BeerThirty Member Posts: 2,465
    RaceBannon said:

    Anthony Vontoure had a solid career but a sad end

    I was thinking the same thing. He was one of the only kids we ever got from De La Salle wasn't he?
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 113,883 Founders Club
    BeerThirty said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Anthony Vontoure had a solid career but a sad end

    I was thinking the same thing. He was one of the only kids we ever got from De La Salle wasn't he?
    Yes he was
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  • Joey
    Joey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,260 Founders Club
    Alvin Logan. Colorado. Weird Career.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    Azeem Victor and Austin Sefarian Jenkins
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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,106 Founders Club
    Vontoure and Marcus Peters are up there with Cyler Miles if not weirder. Good ones. Victor too.
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  • Miley_Cyrus
    Miley_Cyrus Member Posts: 832
    edited August 2021
    Psalm Wooching is a good one. We all hated him but he somehow defied the odds and started on the 2016 D?

    Also, I thought Kevin King was one of the worst players I had ever seen playing safety under Sark. Then he ended up as an early second round pick at corner. Turns out coaching matters.
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,678 Swaye's Wigwam
    Miley_Cyrus said:

    Psalm Wooching is a good one. We all hated him but he somehow defied the odds and started on the 2016 D?

    Also, I thought Kevin King was one of the worst players I had ever seen playing safety under Sark. Then he ended up as an early second round pick at corner. Turns out coaching matters.

    Maybe that's what Asa Turner needs too...a position switch. King was too slight to play safety. Turner has a different but still similar issue that he self imposes...he can't or won't make tackles that are going to be painful to him.
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  • WoolleyDoog
    WoolleyDoog Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,106 Founders Club
    huskyhooligan said:

    Roc Alexander was a CO guy.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX0tVDmX5Qo

    Rosengarten on the current roster seems to have some promise on the OL.

    I strongly think Neu was a pretty shite coach after 2000 but fuck don't you miss watching games where they didn't always execute perfectly throughout but made big plays to win games from time-to-time?
    Miley_Cyrus said:

    Psalm Wooching is a good one. We all hated him but he somehow defied the odds and started on the 2016 D?

    Also, I thought Kevin King was one of the worst players I had ever seen playing safety under Sark. Then he ended up as an early second round pick at corner. Turns out coaching matters.

    Everyone didn't hate Psalm when he was a starter in 2016? I thought it was all still just hate and recognized by a massive failure by Petersen and to recruit better edge defenders? He damn near destroyed the season before it got started at Arizona that year and may have got lucky that year that only Saban and Bama were smart enough to follow Arizona's blueprint and just run at Psalm every play. He also should have had an easy fumble recovery in that Peach Bowl that could have opened up some hope in that game.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,388 Founders Club
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Kikaha had a strange career. Started out as Jamora and had a good true freshman season. Blew his knee out year 2. Blew his other knee out in year 3. Missed two full seasons.

    Came back as Kikaha and was very good in his return. The next year he led the country in sacks. Blew his knee out again at least once in the NFL after his rookie season and never was the same. Bounced around a little bit and never made a roster again.

    Great call back
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    Just get J in there
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,268 Founders Club
    DerekJohnson said:

    Tom Erlandson was from Colorado. Played one or two years in the NFL.

    @DerekJohnson is the rain man of Husky Football stats
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