These quarterbacks have started for the Washington Huskies. They are listed in order of the date of each man's first start at quarterback.
These are the quarterbacks who were the passing leaders for that season. [1]
Year | Name | GP | GS | Att | Comp | Yard | TD | Int | Pct | Rating | Next career |
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2023 | Michael Penix Jr. | 15 | 15 | 555 | 363 | 4,903 | 36 | 11 | 65.4% | 157.1 | NFL |
2022 | Michael Penix Jr. | 13 | 13 | 554 | 362 | 4,641 | 31 | 8 | 65.3% | 151.3 | NFL |
2021 | Dylan Morris | 11 | 11 | 363 | 220 | 2,458 | 14 | 12 | 60.6% | 123.6 | Transfer |
2020 | Dylan Morris | 4 | 4 | 405 | 110 | 897 | 4 | 3 | 60.9% | 136.0 | Transfer |
2019 [2] | Jacob Eason | 13 | 13 | 405 | 260 | 3,132 | 23 | 8 | 64.2% | 143.9 | NFL |
2018 [3] | Jake Browning | 14 | 14 | 388 | 252 | 3,192 | 16 | 10 | 64.9% | 142.5 | NFL |
2017 | Jake Browning | 13 | 13 | 336 | 230 | 2,719 | 19 | 5 | 68.5% | 152.1 | NFL |
2016 | Jake Browning | 12 | 12 | 391 | 243 | 3,430 | 43 | 9 | 62.1% | 167.5 | NFL |
2015 | Jake Browning | 12 | 12 | 368 | 233 | 2,955 | 16 | 10 | 63.3% | 139.7 | NFL |
2014 | Cyler Miles | 12 | 12 | 329 | 219 | 2,397 | 17 | 4 | 66.6% | 142.4 | Out of FB |
2013 | Keith Price | 12 | 12 | 352 | 233 | 2,966 | 21 | 6 | 66.2% | 153.2 | CFL |
2012 | Keith Price | 13 | 13 | 432 | 263 | 2,728 | 19 | 13 | 60.9% | 122.4 | CFL |
2011 | Keith Price | 13 | 12 | 362 | 242 | 3,063 | 33 | 11 | 66.9% | 161.93 | CFL |
2010 | Jake Locker | 12 | 12 | 332 | 184 | 2,265 | 17 | 9 | 55.4% | 124.20 | NFL [4] |
2009 | Jake Locker | 12 | 12 | 395 | 230 | 2,800 | 21 | 11 | 58.2% | 129.75 | NFL |
2008 | Ronnie Fouch | 11 | 8 | 250 | 113 | 1,339 | 4 | 13 | 58.2% | 85.1 | Transfer |
2007 | Jake Locker | 12 | 12 | 328 | 155 | 2,062 | 14 | 15 | 47.3% | 105.0 | NFL |
2006 | Isaiah Stanback | 7 | 7 | 189 | 101 | 1,325 | 10 | 3 | 53.4% | 126.6 | NFL [5] |
2005 | Isaiah Stanback | 11 | 11 | 264 | 143 | 2,136 | 9 | 6 | 54.2% | 128.8 | NFL |
2004 | Casey Paus | 11 | 8 | 274 | 116 | 1,476 | 5 | 17 | 42.3% | 81.2 | Out of FB |
2003 | Cody Pickett | 12 | 12 | 454 | 257 | 3,043 | 15 | 13 | 56.6% | 118.1 | NFL [6] |
2002 | Cody Pickett | 13 | 13 | 612 | 365 | 4,458 | 28 | 14 | 59.6% | 131.3 | NFL |
2001 | Cody Pickett | 11 | 11 | 355 | 196 | 2,696 | 12 | 16 | 55.2% | 121.1 | NFL |
2000 | Marques Tuiasosopo | 12 | 12 | 345 | 186 | 2,284 | 15 | 11 | 53.9% | 117.5 | NFL [7] |
1999 | Marques Tuiasosopo | 12 | 12 | 322 | 189 | 2,418 | 12 | 12 | 58.7% | 126.6 | NFL |
1998 | Brock Huard | 10 | 10 | 347 | 191 | 2,191 | 15 | 15 | 55% | 113.7 | NFL [8] |
1997 | Brock Huard | 11 | 11 | 274 | 164 | 2,319 | 25 | 10 | 59.9% | 153.8 | NFL |
1996 | Brock Huard | 12 | 9 | 254 | 129 | 1,881 | 13 | 6 | 50.8% | 125.2 | NFL |
1995 | Damon Huard | 12 | 12 | 313 | 198 | 2,609 | 13 | 6 | 63.3% | 143.2 | NFL [9] |
1994 | Damon Huard | 11 | 11 | 275 | 153 | 1,887 | 13 | 12 | 55.6% | 120.1 | NFL |
1993 | Damon Huard | 10 | 8 | 197 | 116 | 1,282 | 9 | 10 | 58.9% | 118.5 | NFL |
1992 | Mark Brunell | 12 | 7 | 219 | 127 | 1,609 | 7 | 4 | 58% | 126.6 | NFL [10] |
1991 | Billy Joe Hobert | 12 | 12 | 319 | 191 | 2,463 | 24 | 12 | 59.9% | 142.1 | NFL [11] |
1990 | Mark Brunell | 12 | 12 | 275 | 132 | 1,895 | 16 | 9 | 48% | 118.5 | NFL |
1989 | Cary Conklin | 12 | 12 | 404 | 229 | 2,786 | 18 | 17 | 56.7% | 120.9 | NFL [12] |
1988 | Cary Conklin | 11 | 11 | 302 | 153 | 1,833 | 11 | 12 | 50.7% | 105.8 | NFL |
1987 | Chris Chandler | 12 | 12 | 279 | 143 | 1,973 | 11 | 14 | 51.3% | 113.7 | NFL [13] |
1986 | Chris Chandler | 12 | 12 | 318 | 180 | 2,193 | 20 | 15 | 56.6% | 125.8 | NFL |
1985 | Hugh Millen | 9 | 9 | 264 | 158 | 1,565 | 6 | 14 | 59.8% | 106.5 | NFL [14] |
1984 | Hugh Millen | 11 | 8 | 175 | 91 | 1,092 | 6 | 9 | 52% | 105.4 | NFL |
1983 | Steve Pelluer | 12 | 12 | 357 | 232 | 2,365 | 11 | 8 | 65% | 126.3 | NFL [15] |
1982 | Steve Pelluer | 10 | 8 | 200 | 113 | 1,248 | 10 | 10 | 56.5% | 115.4 | NFL |
1981 | Steve Pelluer | 12 | 10 | 263 | 125 | 1,280 | 9 | 9 | 47.5% | 92.8 | NFL |
1980 | Tom Flick | 12 | 12 | 319 | 191 | 2,460 | 15 | 13 | 59.9% | 132.0 | NFL [16] |
1979 | Tom Flick | 10 | 6 | 122 | 71 | 852 | 6 | 6 | 58.2% | 123.3 | NFL |
1978 | Tom Porras | 176 | 84 | 1,151 | 6 | 8 | 47.7% | CFL, USFL | |||
1977 | Warren Moon | 12 | 12 | 222 | 125 | 1,772 | 12 | 9 | 56.3% | 133.1 | CFL, NFL |
1976 | Warren Moon | 11 | 11 | 175 | 81 | 1,106 | 6 | 8 | 46.3% | 101.6 | CFL, NFL |
1975 | Chris Rowland | 117 | 45 | 597 | 4 | 6 | 38.5% | Out of FB | |||
1974 | Chris Rowland | 124 | 59 | 848 | 5 | 10 | 47.6% | Out of FB | |||
1973 | Chris Rowland | 234 | 97 | 1,521 | 15 | 24 | 41.5% | Out of FB | |||
1972 | Sonny Sixkiller | 7 | 7 | 152 | 73 | 1,125 | 7 | 11 | 48% | 110.9 | WFL |
1971 | Sonny Sixkiller | 11 | 11 | 297 | 126 | 2,068 | 13 | 18 | 42.4% | 103.2 | WFL |
1970 | Sonny Sixkiller | 10 | 9 | 362 | 186 | 2,303 | 15 | 22 | 51.4% | 106.4 | WFL |
1969 | Gene Willis | 99 | 33 | 568 | 5 | 13 | 33.3% | ||||
1968 | Jerry Kaloper | 115 | 43 | 595 | 0 | 9 | 37.4% | ||||
1967 | Tom Manke | 81 | 32 | 613 | 5 | 8 | 39.5% | 103.7 | Transfer [17] | ||
1966 | Tom Sparlin | 165 | 68 | 954 | 4 | 19 | 41.2% | ||||
1965 | Todd Hullin | 168 | 90 | 1,318 | 13 | 9 | 53.6% | ||||
1964 | Bill Douglas | 64 | 33 | 360 | 0 | 5 | 51.6% | ||||
1963 | Bill Douglas | 113 | 64 | 952 | 6 | 3 | 56.6% | ||||
1962 | Bill Siler | 27 | 15 | 294 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | ||||
1961 | Pete Ohler | 59 | 17 | 394 | 3 | 8 | 28.8% | CFL | |||
1960 | Bob Hivner | 58 | 31 | 580 | 6 | 4 | 53.4% | ||||
1959 | Bob Schloredt | 82 | 44 | 835 | 6 | 2 | 53.7% | 157.2 | CFL | ||
1958 | Bob Hivner | 115 | 48 | 587 | 3 | 13 | 41.7% | ||||
1957 | Bob Dunn | 55 | 16 | 227 | 2 | 3 | 29.1% | ||||
1956 | Al Ferguson | 41 | 20 | 418 | 3 | 2 | 48.8% | ||||
1955 | Steve Roake | 61 | 27 | 410 | 3 | 2 | 44.3% | ||||
1954 | Bob Cox | 146 | 66 | 809 | 4 | 12 | 45.2% | ||||
1953 | Sandy Lederman | 189 | 92 | 1,157 | 8 | 14 | 48.7% | ||||
1952 | Don Heinrich | 10 | 10 | 270 | 137 | 1,647 | 13 | 17 | 50.7% | 105.2 | NFL [18] |
1951 | Sam Mitchell | 167 | 79 | 1,102 | 8 | 9 | 47.3% | ||||
1950 | Don Heinrich | 10 | 10 | 221 | 134 | 1,846 | 14 | 9 | 60.6% | 143.3 | NFL |
1949 | Don Heinrich | 10 | 7 | 119 | 64 | 899 | 6 | 7 | 53.8% | 122.1 | NFL |
1948 | Ansel McCullough | 105 | 53 | 618 | 4 | 7 | 50.5% | ||||
1947 | Dick Ottele | 30 | 10 | 147 | — | 4 | 33.3% | NFL | |||
1946 | Fred Provo | 46 | 27 | 435 | — | 5 | 58.7% | NFL | |||
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1941 | Bob Erickson | 58 | 20 | 204 | — | 7 | 34.5% | ||||
1940 | Dean McAdams | 83 | 29 | 475 | — | 10 | 34.9% | NFL | |||
1939 | Dean McAdams | 76 | 35 | 477 | — | 5 | 46.1% | NFL | |||
1938 | Bill Gleason | 38 | 13 | 209 | — | 8 | 34.2% | ||||
1937 | Frank Waskowitz | 67 | 19 | 407 | — | 6 | 28.4% | ||||
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