25 Best Dwags Since 2000
The trend this offseason is to play off they 25 best between the 25 last years. So who are the 25 best Dawgs of this millennium
25. TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins
24. DE Bralen Trice
23. LB Mason Foster
22. S Taylor Rapp
21. DT Larry Tripplett
20. CB Trent McDuffie
19. DE Hau'oli Kikaha
18. DT Vita Vea
17. CB Sidney Jones
16. WR John Ross
15. DT Greg Gaines
14. WR/PR Dante Pettis
13. T Troy Fautanu
12. T Kaleb McGary
11. LB Shaq Thompson
10. RB Bishop Sankey
9. RB Chris Polk
8. QB Jake Locker
7. WR Reggie Williams
6. QB Jake Browning
5. S Budda Baker
4. WR Rome Odunze
3. RB Myles Gaskin
2. QB Marques Tuiasosopo
- QB Michael Penix Jr.
Comments
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I'd swap Vita with Gaines. Absolutely love both of them. I'd also say that considering Rosengarten is already starting in the NFL and technically was Penix's blindside, he should probably be on this list.
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I factor in length of impact a bit too and Gaines was a rock for four damn years. Vita had an all-time season in 2017 but I honestly don't remember him much even in 2016 so I give Gaines the boost for how long he was great.
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Jake Browning #6????? Greg Gaines and Vita Vea behind Lockner????
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Vita won conference defensive player of the year. As did BBK. Kinda hard to not put that level of production and recognition in or close to the top 10.
Maybe my old timer bias is showing now but feel like Jerramy Stevens did more at TE than ASJ.
Locker…. so hard to judge. It's so hard to not have him on a list like this, but I struggle so much with recognizing him. Cody Pickett set the conference record for passing yards. I want to agree that Tui is #2, but that is 1 season in this arbitrary timeframe. A great season, our second or 3rd best in this timeframe, but that's his only one.
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Being a QB gets you a lot of points.
Cobra Jack is super divisive. I could make an argument he struggled so bad in 2017-18 that you almost could not put him in the 25, but you also can't deny being the only QB on here to win two conference titles, led to a playoff berth, and his 2016 season was an all-time great Husky season.
Lockner hard as well. I think he should get a lot of points for coming back for 2010. As much as he had struggles, the program might be fucked royally if he doesn't do that and he made the plays to get the team back to life.
Both also get some credit for having bad coaching schemes. UW should have went a more straight read option with Locker (even though forcing him to be more a trad QB probably made him a lot of NFL money) and Browning needed better WRs after 2016, but Petersen kept a WR coach who wanted to hunt and fish over TBS (shoutout TSIO).
Stevens to me is easily UW's best TE of all-time, but he barely played in 2001 and you can't deny that ASJ was so fucking productive for three years and would have been a much bigger star if he played on good teams.
Tui gets massive love for essentially carrying UW to a conference title, Rose Bowl win, and Top 3 finish.
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what’s the criteria? Biggest program impact?
- Ruperake Fuavai
Serious question… do we even end up in the B1G without his contributions?
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I wouldn't have locker on the list. Amazing talent but meh production. Not his fault his coaches were morons. Don't twist.
consider to put on off the top of my head..Rosengarten
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I get why he’s not on the list but I stand by the opinion that stanback would be a heisman finalist under different circumstances. A victim of terrible coaching/being a bit too early for the real emergence of dual threat QBs. If you put him in a chip kelly offense he puts up Mariota numbers (probably even better rushing numbers tbh)
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No Ruperake Fuavai?
I would find a spot for BBK. He was productive on the best UW defenses in the past 25 years.
I think J. Polk needs to be on the list based on being a key part of the best passing game UW has ever seen. This spot would've gone to McMillan if he wasn't hurt for most of 2023.
I would probably take Trice and Foster off the list.
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i think mason may be underrated. Great player on shitty defenses.
Trice came up in big moments last year in a very average defense. We may not beat Texas without him. Big sack in the ccg.Fuavai should absolutely be on the list.
