2007 Washington Spring Football Prospectus
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GENERAL INFORMATION 2007 WASHINGTON SPRING FOOTBALL PROSPECTUS Anthony Russo Head Coach Tyrone Willingham Roy Lewis Spring Practice Schedule 1 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 9 10 11 12 13 14 April Practice #1 Practice #2 Practice #3 Practice #4 Practice #5 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Practice #6 Practice #7 Practice #8 Practice #9 Practice #10 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SPRING Practice #11 Practice #12 Practice #13 Practice #14 GAME 12:45 p.m. Practices will be held in Husky Stadium. In the event of inclement weather, practice will be held in Dempsey Indoor. Practices are open to the media for the first 25 minutes. Several practices are open to the media in their entirety. For more information on those, contact the Athletic Communications office. Photography and videography is restricted to the first 25 minutes even in open practices. During open practices, members of the press must sit in the stands in section 25 just in front of the Don James Center seats. Player interviews will take place prior to pre-practice meetings. Head coach Tyrone Willingham is available to meet with media at 2:45 prior to weekday practices and one hour before Saturday practices in the media workroom in Bank of America Arena. Email Brian Beaky and Jeff Bechthold in the UW media relations office (206-543-2230) prior to 10 a.m. each day to coordinate all interviews. Spring Practice: NCAA rules limit teams to 15 practice days within a 29-day period (University vacations excluded, no Sunday practice permitted), with pads allowed in 12 of those workouts. Washington will conclude its spring season with the annual Purple-White game at Husky Stadium on Saturday, April 28. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. The game will be broadcast by KJR Radio (AM 950). Admission to the Purple-White game is free. Contact the Washington media rela- tions office (206-543-2230) for press box credentials. 2007 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS GENERAL INFORMATION Husky Quick Facts Name: University of Washington Location: Seattle, Washington 98195 Founded: November 4, 1861 President : Dr. Mark Emmert Enrollment: 42,000 (31,474 undergraduates) Athletic Director: Todd Turner Head Football Coach: Tyrone Willingham (Michigan State ’77) Stadium: Husky Stadium (capacity 72,500, dedicated 1920) Nickname: Huskies Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Pacific-10 (Pac-10) 2006 Record: 5-7 2006 Pac-10 Record: 3-6 (9th) Bowl Game: None Key Phone Numbers All-Time Record: 646-379-50 Athletic Department General Information ...............(206) 543-2210 Basic Offense: Multiple Athletic Director Todd Turner ..............................(206) 543-2212 Basic Defense: 4-3 Football Office Cheryl Taplin, admin. asst. ....(206) 543-2223 Lettermen Lost: 26 (12 Offense/ 11 Defense/ 3 Specialist) Athletic Comm. Dir. Richard Kilwien .......................(206) 543-2230 Lettermen Returning: 36 (17 Offense/ 18 Defense/ 1 Specialist) Athletic Comm. Assts.: Jeff Bechthold, asst. for FB ..(206) 543-2230 Starters Lost: 12 (5 Offense/ 5 Defense/ 2 Specialist) Brian Beaky, asst. for FB Starters Returning: 12 (6 Offense/ 6 Defense/ 0 Specialist) Athletic Comm. Fax ...................................................(206) 543-5000 Football Staff Tyrone Willingham .............. Head Coach ...........................................................................Michigan State ’77 ...................... 3rd year Kent Baer.............................. Defensive Coordinator .........................................................Utah State, ’73 .............................. 3rd year Tim Lappano ......................... Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks ................................Idaho ,’83 ...................................... 3rd year Charlie Baggett.................... Wide Receivers ....................................................................Michigan State ‘76 ...................... 1st year Mike Denbrock .................... Offensive Line .......................................................................Grand Valley State ’86 ................ 3rd year 2 Randy Hart............................ Defensive Line ......................................................................Ohio State ’70 ............................... 20th year Trent Miles ........................... Running Backs ......................................................................Indiana State ’87 .......................... 3rd year Bob Simmons ....................... Tight Ends and Special Teams ...........................................Bowling Green ’71 ....................... 3rd year Chris Tormey ........................ Linebackers/Recruiting Coordinator .................................Idaho ’78 ....................................... 4th year (15th overall) J.D. Williams ........................ Secondary .............................................................................Fresno State ‘90 ........................... 2nd year 2007 Washington Football Schedule Date Opponent Time Site City Aug. 31 at Syracuse 5:00 p.m. PT Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Sept. 8 BOISE STATE TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Sept. 15 OHIO STATE TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Sept. 22 at UCLA TBA Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Sept. 29 USC TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Oct. 6 BYE Oct. 13 at Arizona State TBA Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Ariz. Oct. 20 Oregon TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Oct. 27 Arizona TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Nov. 3 at Stanford TBA Stanford Stadium Stanford, Calif. Nov. 10 at Oregon State TBA Reser Stadium Corvallis, Ore. Nov. 17 CALIFORNIA TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. Nov. 24 WASHINGTON STATE TBA Husky Stadium Seattle, Wash. DEC. 1 at Hawai'i TBA Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawai'i 2007 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 2007 SEASON OUTLOOK Player caption goes here. 3 Player caption goes here. Player caption goes here. 2007 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 2007 SEASON OUTLOOK Third-year coach Tyrone Willingham and his staff continue the rebuilding process in the spring of 2007, looking to take yet another step forward. The hope is that this spring will lead to an even bigger improvement on the field once the new season rolls around in the fall. A primary emphasis will be placed on speed -- not so much 40-meter times and such, but the speed with which the players react and make plays on the field. That speed will come from more familiarity with the system and from spring practice taking on a more urgent atmosphere. “This spring practice, because of some of the youth at some of the positions, really needs to have more of a game-like feel as often as possible,” Willingham says. That would be one of the changes: how we can institute of more game-like atmosphere outside of a regular practice. “We do have some positions that are unproven. We have some positions that are very Carl Bonnell young, most notably the quarterback,” Willingham continues.” Therefore, you want to give them as much game experience as possible. In the past, we’ve done that with a lot of situations, but you want to have it in a manner that the quarterbacks themselves have to call up the defense, and have to be involved in the thought process that goes into why this play at this time.” As is the case with football teams across the country during spring ball, there are positions with experience and others with very little. The Huskies are no different. But once again, Willingham emphasizes speed above all. “The key thing is that we expect more in the speed of play. That’s where the transition has to be seen,” he says.” You have to play the game much faster and much more aggressive 4 because, hopefully you know the system. You’ve been in it a couple years, so that the translation is, ‘boom, I play faster now.’ You don’t have to think about what you have to do, and where are you supposed to be and so forth.” Offense “We have got to be a more consistent run-pass team,” Willingham says of his offense. Louis Rankin “That seems so general and such a broad thought, but for us to be effective, we have got to better running the football on a consistent basis. It can’t be, ‘this game, we can run it; this game, it disappears.’ Each week, we need to count on our run game and on our passing game. “When we have those short routes available to us, we take them, we hit them, and we make the plays. Then when we go uptown for the big plays, that we’re at a high percentage. We have to be that kind. How do you get to that point? That’s where your off-season conditioning comes in. If your offensive line is bigger and stronger, if your receivers are faster, if your backs are more explosive, then they go out and make the plays and that’s where the consistency comes.” Quarterbacks Washington’s quarterbacks corps will feature just one player with college experience in senior Carl Bonnell, who took over as the starter for the last five games of last season. He threw for 916 yards and led the Huskies to a hallmark victory in the Apple Cup. Joining him are sophomore Jake Locker, a highly touted recruit who preserved a year Cody Ellis of eligibility last season and true freshman Ronnie Fouch, who will enroll for spring quarter. “Young and exciting,” is how Willingham describes the trio as they enter the spring. 2007 WASHINGTON FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 2007 SEASON OUTLOOK “Two of the three guys don’t have any college experience, so it’s going to be a young and exciting group.” Running Backs Senior Louis Rankin is the lone tailback on the Husky squad with any experience. A starter for parts of each of the last two seasons, he gained