The University of Washington Huskies football team has 6 former players and a Washington crew has one former member who have been nominated for the 2022 Washington Sports Hall of Fame, including two from the Huard household. The State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame currently numbers 228 members. Each member’s plaque is on display at the Shanaman Sports Museum located inside the Tacoma Dome. Former Husky players including Steve Emtman, Bob Schloredt, Joe Steele, Warren Moon, Hugh McElhenny, Don Heinrich, Chuck Carroll Former Washington coaches Don James, Gil Dobie, and Jim Owens are also members, among others.
According to the Washington Sports Hall of Fame, the last Husky player to be selected was Chris Chandler in 2017.
Brock Huard Gatorade National Player of the Year senior year at Puyallup High School in 1994. Also high school basketball star. UW quarterback set since-broken school records for passing yards
(6,391), career TD passes (53) and single-season TD passes (25). A third-round pick by the Seahawks in 1999. Made NFL history when started against Denver on the same day brother Damon started for Miami against Indianapolis. Six-season NFL career (Seattle, Indianapolis) was affected by injuries. Backed up Peyton Manning at Indianapolis. National TV color announcer for college football. Hosted a popular Brock & Salk radio show in Seattle.
Damon Huard Puyallup High School star QB. Also played high school basketball and averaged 24.9 points senior season. While at UW he set (since-broken) the record for career passing yards with 5,886. He played at UW from 1992-95. Twelve-year NFL career, mainly as a backup QB, and has two Super Bowl rings from years in New England. Color analyst on UW football broadcasts for more than a decade. Director of Community and External Relations and special advisor to UW athletic director. Like brothers Brock and Luke, he was coached at Puyallup by their father, Mike.
Chuck Nelson UW place-kicker from Everett HS still holds NCAA records for consecutive field goals in a season (25) and career (30). Consensus first-team All-American in 1982 as Husky senior. He played five years in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, and Minnesota Vikings. He was the first executive director of the Boeing Classic golf tournament and is now CEO of the Washington Athletic Club.
Jeff Jaeger, a Kent-Meridian High graduate, was a consensus All-American his senior year at the University of Washington, taking over for Chuck Nelson. He is still the all-time Husky scoring leader with 358 points and once held the NCAA record with 80 career field goals. He played 12 seasons in the NFL with the Browns, Raiders, and Bears. He was a Pro Bowl selection and all-pro in 1991.
Dave Williams A Lincoln High School (Tacoma) grad, Williams was an All-American for the University of Washington in football. The decathlete then played seven seasons as a wide receiver for the St Louis Cardinals. Williams is regarded as one of the top high-school athletes in state history. He was signed by the expansion Seahawks in 1976 but suffered a season-ending injury in an offseason track meet that ended his career. Williams was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2014.
Benji Olson All-American offensive lineman at the University of Washington from South Kitsap High School. Ten-year pro career, all with Tennessee, which drafted him in the fifth round. Started 140 of the 152 NFL games in which he played. Played in the 2000 Super Bowl loss to St. Louis. Three-sport athlete at South Kitsap.
Ted Garhart stroked University of Washington crews that won Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta in 1940 and 1941 before World War II interrupted rowing. The Huskies never lost
when he was stroking and he was the Post-Intelligen’s Man of the Year in 1942, During World War II. Garhart, a Garfield High School grad, rose to colonel in the Marine Corps. The legendary stroke was voted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame in 1972 and died in 2000.
“He never lost a race in the stroke seat at Washington,” said Dick Erickson, the Husky crew coach from 1967-88. “That had not happened before or since. Afterward, he was a very loyal Husky fan.”
Selections will be announced in the early part July.
