The 2019 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by head coach Chris Petersen, in his sixth and final year as head coach. The team looked to improve upon its 10–4 record from 2018. After the regular season, Petersen announced that the team's postseason bowl game, the Las Vegas Bowl, would be his final game with the Huskies. Respected defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake would take over the reins after the Las Vegas Bowl, firing two offensive coordinators within 24 hours. They played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, competing as a member of the North Division in the Pac-12 Conference.

Preseason Coaching changes Matt Lubick, who served as wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator in the previous two seasons, resigned in January 2019. He indicated he was leaving the coaching profession entirely. On January 17, 2019, Washington announced it had hired Junior Adams to replace Lubick as wide receivers coach.

Recruiting Washington's 2019 recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. The class was ranked as the 16th best in the country and the second-best in the Pac-12 Conference behind Oregon according to the 247Sports.com Composite.

Pac-12 media day

Pac-12 media poll In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington was predicted to finish in second place in the North Division, receiving one fewer vote than Oregon. The Huskies finished with the third-most votes to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.

Schedule Washington's 2019 schedule began with a home non-conference game against Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference. Washington's two other non-conference games were against Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference at home, and a road game against BYU, a football independent. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Huskies played the other members of the North Division and drew Arizona, Colorado, USC, and Utah from the South Division.

Rankings

Personnel

Coaching staff

Jimmy Lake Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach Eastern Washington (2000) Junior Adams Wide receivers coach Montana State (2004) Bush Hamdan Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Boise State (2008) Will Harris Assistant defensive backs coach USC (2009) Keith Bhonapha Recruiting coordinator/running backs coach Hawai'i (2003) Bob Gregory Assistant head coach/inside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator Washington State (1987) Scott Huff Offensive line coach/Run game coordinator Boise State (2002) Pete Kwiatkowski Co-defensive coordinator/Outside linebackers coach Boise State (1990) Ikaika Malloe Defensive line coach Washington (1997) Jordan Paopao Tight ends coach San Diego (2006) Tim Socha Strength & conditioning coach Minnesota (1999)

Roster 2019 Washington Huskies football rosterQuarterback 10 Jacob Eason – junior (6'6, 227) 11 Jacob Sirmon – freshman (6'5, 234) 14 Blake Gregory – junior (6'2, 185) 16 Dylan Morris – freshman (6'0, 196)

Tailback 22 Cameron Davis – freshman (6'0, 197) 24 Kamari Pleasant – junior (6'0, 213) 25 Sean McGrew – junior (5'7, 186) 26 Salvon Ahmed – junior (5'11, 196) 28 Richard Newton – freshman (6'0, 210) 36 Malik Braxton – senior (5'10, 207) 38 Camden Verstrate – freshman (5'9, 167)

Wide receiver  2 Aaron Fuller – senior (5'11, 188)  4 Terrell Bynum – sophomore (6'1, 189)  5 Andre Baccellia – senior (5'10, 175)  6 Chico McClatcher – Senior (5'8, 183)  7 Trey Lowe – freshman (5'8, 182)  8 Marquis Spiker – freshman (6'3, 193) 15 Puka Nacua – freshman (6'1, 204) 17 Taj Davis – freshman (6'1, 195) 18 Austin Osborne – freshman (6'2, 199) 20 Ty Jones – junior (6'4, 213) 21 Quinten Pounds – senior (6'0, 176) 30 David Pritchard – freshman (6'0, 172) 82 Jordan Chin – junior (6'0, 174) 85 Fatu Sua-Godinet – junior (5'11, 190)

Tight end  1 Hunter Bryant – junior (6'2, 239) 37 Jack Westover – freshman (6'3, 241) 39 Zeke Pelluer – freshman (6'4, 246) 42 Carson Smith – freshman (6'4, 236) 47 Corey Luciano – sophomore (6'4, 268) 83 Devin Culp – freshman (6'3, 262) 86 Jacob Kizer – junior (6'5, 254) 87 Cade Otton – sophomore (6'5, 246) Offensive line 51 Jaxson Kirkland – sophomore (6'7, 323) 55 Troy Fautanu – freshman (6'5, 295) 56 Nick Harris – senior (6'1, 302) 59 Henry Roberts – senior (6'6, 395) 62 Noah Hellyer – freshman (6'1, 259) 63 Cole Norgaard – freshman (6'5, 284) 66 Henry Bainivalu – sophomore (6'6, 326) 67 Chase Skuza – sophomore (6'6, 307) 68 M.J. Ale – freshman (6'6, 352) 69 Will Pliska – freshman (6'5, 289) 70 Jared Hilbers – senior (6'7, 316) 71 Nate Kalepo – freshman (6'6, 346) 72 Trey Adams – senior (6'8, 314) 73 Gage Harty – freshman (6'4, 279) 76 Luke Wattenberg – junior (6'5, 300) 77 Julius Buelow – freshman (6'8, 342) 78 Matteo Mele – freshman (6'5, 305) 79 Victor Curne – freshman (6'3, 320)

Defensive line  8 Benning Potoa'e – senior (6'3, 290) 50 Sama Paama – freshman (6'4, 347) 57 John Clark – senior (6'4, 289) 59 Draco Bynum – freshman (6'4, 268) 90 Josiah Bronson – senior (6'3, 291) 91 Tuli Letuligasenoa – freshman (6'2, 318) 92 Noa Ngalu – freshman (6'1, 292) 94 Sam Taimani – freshman (6'2, 321) 95 Levi Onwuzurike – junior (6'3, 293) 96 Jacob Bandes – freshman (6'2, 313) 99 Faatui Tuitele – freshman (6'3, 300)

Long snapper 49 A.J. Carty – senior (6'3, 243) 78 Luke Lane – junior (6'0, 202)

Placekicker 37 Tim Horn – freshman (6'2, 211) 42 Van Soderberg – junior (6'0, 200) 47 Peyton Henry – sophomore (5'11, 197)

Punter 32 Joel Whitford – senior (6'3, 209) 46 Race Porter – junior (6'2, 183) Inside linebacker 10 Miki Ah You – freshman (6'1, 215) 13 Brandon Wellington – senior (6'0, 226) 14 Josh Calvert – freshman (6'2, 223) 15 Daniel Heimuli – freshman (6'0, 217) 28 Ruperake Fuavai – freshman (6'2, 230) 30 Kyler Manu – senior (6'1, 246) 35 Ben Hines – freshman (5'10, 234) 40 Alphonzo Tuputala – freshman (6'2, 224) 43 Jackson Sirmon – freshman (6'3, 238) 48 Edefuan Ulofoshio – freshman (6'0, 231) 50 M.J. Tafisi – freshman (6'0, 235) 54 Drew Fowler – freshman (6'1, 210)

Outside linebacker  9 Joe Tryon-Shoyinka – sophomore (6'5, 262) 41 Myles Rice – junior (6'3, 250) 45 Bralen Trice – freshman (6'3, 236) 52 Ariel Ngata – sophomore (6'3, 213) 55 Ryan Bowman – junior (6'0, 277) 56 Laiatu Latu – freshman (6'4, 275) 58 Zion Tupuola-Fetui – freshman (6'3, 253) 93 Hunter Hansen – freshman (6'4, 191)

Defensive back  3 Elijah Molden – junior (5'10, 190)  5 Myles Bryant – senior (5'9, 185) 11 Alex Cook – sophomore (6'1, 203) 16 Cameron Williams – freshman (6'0, 191) 18 Isaiah Gilchrist – junior (5'11, 208) 19 Kyler Gordon – freshman (6'0, 190) 20 Asa Turner – freshman (6'3, 187) 21 Dominique Hampton – freshman (6'2, 208) 22 Trent McDuffie – freshman (5'11, 185) 23 Brandon McKinney – junior (6'0, 201) 27 Keith Taylor – junior (6'3, 195) 29 Julius Irvin – freshman (6'1, 191) 31 Kamren Fabiculanan – freshman (6'1, 181) 34 Mishael Powell – freshman (6'1, 204) 36 Dustin Bush – senior (5'9, 183) 38 Zechariah Brown – sophomore (5'10, 195) 39 Nick Juran – freshman (6'0, 194) 2019 Washington Huskies roster

Game summaries

Eastern Washington

California

Hawaii

At BYU

Referee: Steven Strimling

USC

At Stanford

At Arizona

Oregon

Utah

At Oregon State

At Colorado

Washington State

Vs. Boise State (Las Vegas Bowl)

Players drafted into the NFL

4 122 Jacob Eason QB Indianapolis Colts 5 160 Nick Harris C Cleveland Browns

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