Legendary Husky Linemen

Legendary Husky Quarterbacks Mark Brunell — The 1991 Rose Bowl MVP ranks 10th in school history with 4,008 yards . He also finished his career with 28 touchdown passes and 17 interceptions . Brunell helped quarterback the 1991 Huskies to a per- fect record, a Rose Bowl victory, and a National Championship . Also known for his speed, Brunell totaled 472 rushing yards in 1990, the fourth-most ever by a Husky quarterback . At one point, Brunell held five Rose Bowl records . In his still-active NFL career, Brunell has been selected to three Pro Bowls (winning the Pro Bowl MVP in 1997), and quarterbacked the Jacksonville Jaguars to two AFC Championship games . Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1989 3-0 17 9 82 0 2 .529 14 1990 12-12 275 132 1895 16 9 .480 67 1991 9-0 52 33 422 5 2 .635 38 1992 12-7 219 127 1609 7 4 .580 50 Mark Brunell Totals 36-19 563 301 4008 28 17 .535 67 Chris Chandler — Chandler ranks eighth on the all-time passing list with 4,735 yards, including 34 TDs . He was named MVP of the 1985 Freedom Bowl after a 20-17 victory over Colorado, and was also named MVP of the 1987 Independence Bowl after beating Tulane 24-12 . He ranks fifth in school history with 1 .1 TD passes per game . He ended his college career by earning Offensive Player of the Game honors at the 1988 Senior Bowl . In the NFL, Chandler played 17 seasons with eight different teams . He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection and quarterbacked the Falcons to the Super Bowl in 1998 . Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1984 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1985 6-3 98 53 569 3 4 .541 50 Chris Chandler 1986 12-12 318 180 2193 20 15 .566 63 1987 12-12 279 143 1973 11 14 .513 59 Totals 32-27 696 376 4735 34 33 .540 63 Don Heinrich — Considered one of the first great passing quarterbacks in Husky history, Heinrich finished his career with 4,392 passing yards (9th in UW history) and 33 TDs . Heinrich was a two-time All American in 1950 and 1952, as well as finishing 9th in Heisman voting in 1952 . He was picked in the third round of the 1953 NFL Draft to the New York Giants and played for nine years with the Giants, Cowboys, and Raiders . After retir- ing from playing, Heinrich held coaching positions with several NFL teams before switching to broadcasting, where he covered the Huskies and later the San Francisco 49ers . Heinrich was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1981 and the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1987 . Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. Don Heinrich 1949 119 64 899 6 7 .538 1950* 221 134 1846 14 9 .606 1952* 270 137 1637 13 17 .507 Totals 610 335 4382 33 33 .549 *led nation in passing Brock Huard — He finished his career as the all-time Husky leader in passing yards 6,391 (breaking older brother Damon’s record) and TDs with 53 . Huard is the UW career record holder in TDs per game with 1 .6, and is the only Husky to have more than two four-touchdown games (he had four) . In 1997, he broke the team record for passing efficiency with a rating of 153 .76 . He compiled a 22-11 record as a starter . Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1996 12-9 254 129 1881 13 6 .508 83 Brock Huard 1997 11-11 274 164 2319 25 10 .599 53 1998 10-10 347 191 2191 15 15 .550 66 Totals 33-30 875 484 6391 53 31 .553 83 Warren Moon — Moon was the 1977 Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year and MVP of the 1978 Rose Bowl . His 3,465 career passing yards ranks 12th in school history and his 20 TDs rank 15th . Moon was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1997 . After going undrafted, Moon signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League and led them to five straight Grey Cup victories . After that, Moon was signed to the Houston Oilers and played 17 NFL seasons with the Oilers, Vikings, Seahawks, and Chiefs . The nine-time Pro Bowl selection ranks fourth all-time in NFL history with 49,325 passing yards and sixth all-time in passing TDs with 291 . Moon was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, making him the only player to ever be enshrined in both . Warren Moon Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1975 8-6 122 48 587 2 2 .390 78 1976 11-11 175 81 1106 6 8 .463 50 1977 12-12 222 125 1772 12 9 .563 54 Totals 31-29 519 254 3465 20 19 .489 78 150 WASHINGTON HUSKIES FOOTBALL 2 0 0 8 Steve Pelluer — His 4,917 passing yards rank seventh in Husky history to go along with 30 career TDs . In 1983, Pelluer was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and selected to the All-Coast first team after throwing for 2,365 yards and 11 TDs . In that same year, he broke the team record for completion percentage with 65 .1% (record still stands) . He helped lead the Huskies to a Rose Bowl victory over Iowa in 1982 and an Aloha Bowl victory over Maryland in 1983 . Pelluer played eight NFL seasons with the Cowboys, Chiefs, and Broncos . Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1980 3-0 6 2 24 0 0 .000 0 1981 12-10 263 125 1280 9 9 .475 69 1982 10-8 200 113 1248 10 10 .565 47 1983 12-12 357 232 2365 11 8 .650 70 Totals 37-30 826 472 4917 30 27 .571 70 Cody Pickett — Pickett holds 21 passing records at Washington, including attempts (1,429), completions (821), yards (10,220), and touchdowns (55) . He holds seven of the top 10 single-game passing yardage totals in Steve Pelluer school history . Pickett became the first player in Pac-10 history to throw for 4,000 yards in a season when he threw for 4,458 yards in 2002, and his 10,220 career passing yards ranks fourth all-time in the Pac-10 . As a junior in 2002, Pickett produced the most prolific season by a quarterback in school history, completing almost 60% of his passes for 4,458 yards with 28 TDs and 14 interceptions . Pickett was drafted in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft to the San Francisco 49ers . Passing G-S Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. LG 1999 1-0 4 0 0 0 1 .000 0 2000 3-0 4 3 23 0 0 .750 12 2001 11-11 355 196 2696 12 16 .552 78 2002 13-13 612 365 4458 28 14 .596 89 2003 12-12 454 257 3043 15 13 .566 87 Totals 40-36 1429 821 10220 55 44 .575 89 Cody Pickett Bob Schloredt — Although his stats (1,195 passing yards, 10 TDs) appear modest, Scholredt’s impact was huge . In 1959, he made the All-Conference, All-Coast, and All-America teams and was featured on the October 3, 1960, issue of Sports Illustrated . In 1960, he led the Huskies to a 10-1 record and a Rose Bowl victory over National Champion Minnesota, clinching the Helms Foundation National Championship . Schloredt was Rose Bowl MVP in both 1960 and 1961 . He also played defensive back, and in 1960 grabbed six interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown . In 1981, he was enshrined in the Husky Hall of Fame and in 1987 became a member of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame . Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. 1958 18 7 56 0 2 .389 1959 75 39 733 5 2 .520 1960 26 13 288 3 2 .500 Bob Schloredt Totals 119 59 1077 8 6 .496 Sonny Sixkiller — Sixkiller led the nation in passing in 1970 with 2,303 yards and 15 TDs, leading the team to a 6-4 record the year after they had finished 1-9 . He was the 1970 recipient of the Touchdown Club of Columbus’s Sammy Baugh Trophy, awarded to the nation’s best quarterback . Sixkiller was featured on the cover of the October 4, 1971, issue of Sports Illustrated . He finished his career with 5,496 passing yards (5th in school history) and 35 TD’s . After a short stint in the NFL, Sixkiller turned to acting, and later broadcasting, where he now works as an analyst for FSN . Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD Int. Pct. 1970 362 186 2303 15 22 .514 1971 297 126 2068 13 18 .424 1972 152 73 1125 7 11 .480 Sonny Sixkiller Totals 811 385 5496 35 51 .475 Marques Tuiasosopo — “Tui” was a fan favorite here at Washington, and arguably ran the option better than anybody in school history . He finished his career at UW as the all-time leader in total offense with 7,374 yards (now second) . In a 1999 game against Stanford, Tuiasosopo became the first player in college football history to pass for 300 yards and run for 200 yards in the same game .

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