2015 Washington Huskies football team

2015 Washington Huskies football
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Heart of Dallas Bowl Champions
Heart of Dallas Bowl vs. Southern Miss, W 44–31
Conference	Pac-12 Conference North Division
2015 record	7–6 (4–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Chris Petersen (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Jonathan Smith (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Pete Kwiatkowski (2nd year)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium (Capacity: 70,083)

2015 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#3 Stanford x$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#19 Oregon		7	–	2					9	–	4
Washington State		6	–	3					9	–	4
California		4	–	5					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		0	–	9					2	–	10
South Division
USC xy		6	–	3					8	–	6
#17 Utah x		6	–	3					10	–	3
UCLA		5	–	4					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		3	–	6					7	–	6
Colorado		1	–	8					4	–	9
Championship: Stanford 41, USC 22
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of January 12, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Washington Huskies football team represents the University of Washington in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The head coach was Chris Petersen, in his second year at UW. Washington is a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and the Huskies play their home games on campus at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium, in the University District of Seattle. They finished the season 7–6, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie fourth place in the North Division. They were invited to the Heart of Dallas Bowl where they defeated Southern Miss.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the season 8–6, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Washington	Alma Mater
Chris Petersen	Head coach	2nd	UC Davis (1988)
Pete Kwiatkowski	Defensive Coordinator	2nd	Boise State (1990)
Jonathan Smith	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	2nd	Oregon State (2001)
Bob Gregory	Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers	2nd	Washington State (1987)
Chris Strausser	Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line	2nd	Chico State (1989)
Keith Bhonapha	Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator	2nd	Hawaii (2003)
Jeff Choate	Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line	2nd	Western Montana (1993)
Jimmy Lake	Defensive Backs	2nd	Eastern Washington (2000)
Jordan Paopao	Tight Ends	5th	San Diego (2006)
Brent Pease	Receivers	2nd	Montana (1987)

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Roster

2015 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 72 Trey Adams Fr TE 85 David Ajamu  So WR 19 Andre Baccellia Fr WR 23 Drew Before Jr QB 14 Anthony Berg Jr TE 94 James Boker Sr OL 60 Shane Brostek  Jr QB 3 Jake Browning Fr OL 77 Devin Burleson Fr QB 11 K.J. Carta-Samuels  Fr OL 76 Dexter Charles  Sr TB 22 Lavon Coleman  So TB 6 Deontae Cooper  Sr OL 55 Dane Crane  So WR 15 Darrell Daniels Jr TB 34 Jomon Dotson  Fr OL 52 Jake Eldrenkamp  Jr OL 69 Cory Fuavai  Jr WR 89 John Gardner  Fr RB 9 Myles Gaskin Fr WR 16 Marvin Hall Sr OL 70 Jared Hilbers Fr OL 71 Matt James  Fr FB 35 Ralph Kinne  So OL 73 Andrew Kirkland  So OL 67 Michael Kneip  Jr WR 81 Brayden Lenius So QB 5 Jeff Lindquist  Jr WR 28 Nik Little Jr TB 30 Gavin McDaniel  Fr WR 4 Jaydon Mickens Sr TE 84 Michael Neal Fr WR 86 Taelon Parson So TE 82 Joshua Perkins  Sr WR 87 Dante Pettis So WR 21 Quinten Pounds Fr WR 29 Josh Rasmussen Fr WR 18 Isaiah Renfro Fr WR 80 Max Richmond  Fr OL 59 Henry Roberts Fr QB 10 Tony Rodriguez Jr WR 1 John Ross III So WR 89 Neel Salukhe So TE 88 Drew Sample  Fr OL 79 Coleman Shelton  So OL 75 Jessie Sosebee  Fr OL 64 Colin Tanigawa  Sr OL 74 John Turner  Fr TB 12 Dwayne Washington  Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 32 Budda Baker So LB 17 Tevis Bartlett Fr CB 9 Brandon Beaver  Jr LB 15 DJ Beavers Fr DB 12 Ian Biddle  Fr LB 25 Keishawn Bierria  So DE 96 Shane Bowman  Fr LB 17 Ben Burr-Kirven Fr DB 22 Dustin Bush Fr DL 57 John Clark Fr CB 35 Brian Clay  Sr LB 34 Sean Constantine  So DE 98 Will Dissly So LB 41 Travis Feeney  Sr DE 95 Jarett Finau  Sr DT 99 Greg Gaines  Fr CB 3 Darren Gardenhire So CB 31 Naijiel Hale So DE 92 Jaylen Johnson  Fr CB 24 Sidney Jones So CB 4 Austin Joyner Fr CB 20 Kevin King Jr LB 47 Scott Lawyer  Sr CB 19 Brandon Lewis  Fr LB 42 Cory Littleton Sr DE 5 Joe Mathis Jr DL 91 Ricky McCoy Fr DL 58 Kaleb McGary  Fr S 14 Joseph McIntosh  Fr DB 23 Jordan Miller Fr LB 29 Connor O'Brien  So DE 8 Benning Potoa'e Fr LB 54 Matt Preston  Fr DT 11 Elijah Qualls  So DB 38 Hayden Schuh Jr DL 97 Jason Scrempos Fr DL 72 Bryce Sterk Fr DL 90 Taniela Tupou  Sr DT 66 Damion Turpin  Jr S 24 Ezekiel Turner So DL 50 Vita Vea  Fr DB 39 Sean Vergara  Fr LB 36 Azeem Victor  So S 27 Trevor Walker Jr LB 53 Jake Wambaugh Fr S 15 Lavon Washington  Fr LB 28 Psalm Wooching  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 49 AJ Carty Fr P 45 Korey Durkee Sr LS 51 Luke Hutchinson  So PK 49 Mitch Johnson  Jr LS 77 Ryan Masel Sr PK 48 Cameron Van Winkle Jr P/PK 43 Tristan Vizcaino So	Head coach Chris Petersen    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: UC Davis Coordinators/assistant coaches Keith Bhonapha    Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Hawaii Jeff Choate    Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Western Montana Bob Gregory    Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Washington State Pete Kwiatkowski    Defensive Coordinator    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Boise State Jimmy Lake    Defensive Backs    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Eastern Washington Jordan Paopao    Tight Ends    5th year at Washington    Alma mater: San Diego Brent Pease    Receivers    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Montana Jonathan Smith    Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Oregon State Chris Strausser    Offensive Line    2nd year at Washington    Alma mater: Chico State Tim Socha    Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike McHugh    Director of Football Operations Rich Rasmussen    Director of Player Personnel Gerald Alexander    Graduate Assistant Kirby Moore    Graduate Assistant Hansen Sekona    Graduate Assistant Joshua Taufalele    Graduate Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: July 6, 2015

Recruiting class

2015 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jake Browning Quarterback	Folsom, CA	Folsom High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Mar 31, 2014
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Austin Joyner Athlete	Marysville, WA	Marysville-Pilchuck High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Jan 4, 2015
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Benning Potoa'e Defensive End	Lakewood, WA	Lakes High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Jan 22, 2015
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Henry Roberts Offensive Tackle	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	274 lb (124 kg)	Sep 3, 2014
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Trey Adams Offensive Tackle	Wenatchee, WA	Wenatchee High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Mar 31, 2014
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Chico McClatcher Athlete	Federal Way, WA	Federal Way High School	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Dec 14, 2014
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Isaiah Renfro Wide Receiver	Chatsworth, CA	Sierra Canyon High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 21, 2014
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DJ Beavers Linebacker	Encino, CA	Crespi High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sep 21, 2014
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Myles Gaskin Runningback	Seattle, WA	O'Dea High School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Mar 2, 2014
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Andre Baccellia Wide Receiver	Westlake Village, CA	Westlake High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Aug 8, 2014
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Tevis Bartlett Athlete	Cheyenne, WY	East High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Dec 18, 2014
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Ben Burr-Kirven Linebacker	Atherton, CA	Sacred Heart Prep	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 17, 2014
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Jared Hilbers Offensive Tackle	Beaverton, OR	Beaverton High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Jun 30, 2014
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Kyler Manu Linebacker	Pocatello, ID	Highland High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Aug 18, 2014
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Ricky McCoy Defensive Line	Fresno, CA	Roosevelt High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Dec 15, 2014
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:
Jordan Miller Cornerback	Oceanside, CA	Oceanside High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jul 19, 2014
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Quinten Pounds Athlete	Cypress, CA	Cypress High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	166 lb (75 kg)	Oct 29, 2014
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Jason Scrempos Defensive End	Milpitas, CA	Milpitas High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Sep 16, 2014
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Jusstis Warren Linebacker	Tacoma, WA	Lincoln High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Dec 16, 2014
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Michael Neal Tight End	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	Etiwanda High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jun 19, 2014
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Ezekiel Turner Safety	Pasadena, MD	Los Angeles Pierce College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Dec 14, 2014
	Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:
Myles Rice Defensive End	Richmond, TX	Bush High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Oct 2, 2014
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Bryce Sterk Defensive End	Lynden, WA	Lynden High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Jan 25, 2015
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AJ Carty Long Snapper	Anaheim, CA	Servite High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Jun 28, 2014
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Nik Little Wide Receiver	Huntington Beach, CA	Golden West Community College	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jun 18, 2015
	Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:
Tony Rodriguez Quarterback	San Francisco, CA	City College of San Francisco	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 5, 2015
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 23   Rivals: 30  247Sports: 27
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:15 PM	at #23 Boise State*		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	L 13–16	36,836
September 12	11:00 AM	Sacramento State*		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 49–0	55,010
September 19	2:00 PM	Utah State*		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	W 31–17	59,464
September 26	2:00 PM	California		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	L 24–30	61,066
October 8	6:00 PM	at #17 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	W 17–12	63,623
October 17	7:30 PM	Oregon		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 20–26	69,285
October 24	7:30 PM	at #10 Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ESPN	L 14–31	50,424
October 31	8:00 PM	Arizona		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FS1	W 49–3	50,667
November 7	4:30 PM	#13 Utah		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	FOX	L 23–34	61,420
November 14	12:00 PM	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 17–27	51,695
November 21	3:00 PM	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium • Corvallis, OR	P12N	W 52–7	34,390
November 27	12:30 PM	#20 Washington State		Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (108th Apple Cup)	FOX	W 45–10	70,438
December 26	11:20 AM	vs. Southern Miss*		Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Heart of Dallas Bowl)	ESPN	W 44–31	20,229
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Game notes

at Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	0	3	10	13
#23 Broncos	6	10	0	0	16

See also: 2015 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2013	WASH, 38–6

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	0	0	0
Huskies	0	28	21	0	49

See also: 2015 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	10	0	7	17
Huskies	3	14	14	0	31

See also: 2015 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1998	WASH, 53–12

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	3	17	7	3	30
Huskies	7	0	14	3	24

See also: 2015 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–38–4	2014	WASH, 31–7

at USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	3	7	7	17
#17 Trojans	3	3	0	6	12

See also: 2015 USC Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–51–4	2012	USC, 24–14

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	6	10	7	3	26
Huskies	0	3	10	7	20

See also: 2015 Oregon Ducks football team and Oregon–Washington football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
58–44–5	2014	ORE, 45–20

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	0	7	7	14
Cardinal	7	10	14	0	31

See also: 2015 Stanford Cardinal football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–40–4	2014	STAN, 20–13

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	0	0	0	3
Huskies	7	14	21	7	49

See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–11–1	2014	ARIZ, 27–26

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Utes	0	24	0	10	34
Huskies	3	10	7	3	23

See also: 2015 Utah Utes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0	2012	WASH, 34–15

at Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	10	7	0	0	17
Sun Devils	0	3	7	17	27

See also: 2015 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–17	2014	ASU, 24–10

at Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	28	17	7	0	52
Beavers	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2015 Oregon State Beavers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
61–34–4	2014	WASH, 37–13

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cougars	3	0	7	0	10
Huskies	7	10	7	21	45

See also: 2015 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
69–32–6	2014	WASH, 31–13

vs. Southern Miss (Heart of Dallas Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	7	10	13	44
Golden Eagles	7	10	7	7	31

See also: 2015 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team and 2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Postseason

2016 NFL Draft

The 2016 NFL Draft was held at Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on April 28 through April 30, 2016. The following Washington players were either selected or signed as free agents following the draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall Pick	NFL Team
Travis Feeney	OLB	6th	220	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dwayne Washington	RB	7th	236	Detroit Lions
Marvin Hall	WR	Undrafted	—	Oakland Raiders
Cory Littleton	OLB	Undrafted	—	Los Angeles Rams
Jaydon Mickens	WR	Undrafted	—	Oakland Raiders
Josh Perkins	TE	Undrafted	—	Atlanta Falcons
Taniela Tupou	DT	Undrafted	—	Seattle Seahawks