2017 Washington Huskies football team
The 2017 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Chris Petersen led the team in his fourth season as head coach. Washington competed as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Pac-12 play to win a share of the North Division title with Stanford. Due to their head-to-head loss to Stanford, they did not represent the North Division in the Pac-12 Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Penn State.
Personnel
Coaching staff
| Name | Position | Washington Years | Alma mater |
| Chris Petersen | Head Coach | 4th | UC Davis |
| Pete Kwiatkowski | Defensive Coordinator | 4th | Boise State |
| Jimmy Lake | Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Backs | 4th | Eastern Washington |
| Jonathan Smith | Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks | 4th | Oregon State |
| Matt Lubick | Co-Offensive Coordinator / Receivers | 1st | Western Montana |
| Bob Gregory | Assistant Head Coach / Linebackers / Special Teams | 4th | Washington State |
| Keith Bhonapha | Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator | 4th | Hawaii |
| Scott Huff | Offensive Line / Run Game Coordinator | 1st | Boise State |
| Ikaika Malloe | Defensive Line | 2nd | Washington |
| Jordan Paopao | Tight Ends | 7th | San Diego |
Roster
Recruiting
Position key
Recruits
The Huskies signed a total of 18 commits.Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries
at Rutgers
Montana
Fresno State
at Colorado
at Oregon State
California
at Arizona State
UCLA
Oregon
at Stanford
Utah
Washington State
vs Penn State (Fiesta Bowl)
Awards and honors
Coaches
Pete Kwiatkowski - Defensive coordinator- Broyles Award : Semi-Finalist
Offense
- Paul Hornung Award : Finalist
Special teams
- Jet Award : Winner
All-Pac-12 Individual Awards
- Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
- Morris Trophy
Pac-12 All-Conference Team
- Dante Pettis - Wide receiver/Return specialist - Senior
- Kaleb McGary - Offensive tackle - Junior
- Coleman Shelton - Center - Senior
- Vita Vea - Defensive tackle - Junior
- Taylor Rapp - Safety - Sophomore
- Myles Gaskin - Running back - Junior
- Will Dissly - Tight end - Senior
- Greg Gaines - Defensive tackle - Junior
- Keishawn Bierria - Linebacker - Senior
- Ben Burr-Kirven - Linebacker - Junior
- Jojo McIntosh - Safety - Junior
- Salvon Ahmed - Running back - Freshman
- Tevis Bartlett - Linebacker - Junior
- Jake Browning - Quarterback - Junior
- Myles Bryant - Cornerback - Sophomore
- Nick Harris - Guard - Sophomore
NFL Scouting Combine
| LB04 | LB | 6'2" | 223 | " | " | 4.79 | 21 reps | 30.5" | 117" | 7.26 | — | — | ||
| RB06 | RB | 5'11" | 223 | " | " | 4.65 | 23 reps | 33" | 120" | — | — | — | ||
| TE05 | Will Dissly | TE | 6'4" | 267 | 32" | " | 4.87 | 15 reps | 28" | 111" | 7.07 | 4.40 | 12.12 | |
| WO27 | Dante Pettis | WR | 6'1" | 192 | " | " | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| OL39 | OL | 6'4" | 295 | " | " | 5.21 | — | 26.5" | 110" | 7.62 | 4.59 | — | ||
| DL22 | Vita Vea | DT | 6'4" | 344 | " | 10" | 5.10 | 41 reps | — | — | — | — | — | |
| LB39 | Azeem Victor | LB | 6'1" | 230 | 33" | " | 4.72 | 19 reps | 32.5" | 115" | 7.20 | 4.40 | — |
Top position performer
NFL Draft
The 2018 NFL Draft was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 26 through April 28, 2018. The following Washington players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.| Vita Vea | DT | 1 | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Dante Pettis | WR | 2 | 44 | San Francisco 49ers |
| Will Dissly | TE | 4 | 120 | Seattle Seahawks |
| Azeem Victor | ILB | 6 | 216 | Oakland Raiders |
| Keishawn Bierria | ILB | 6 | 217 | Denver Broncos |
| Lavon Coleman | RB | UDFA | — | Houston Texans |
| Coleman Shelton | OL | UDFA | — | San Francisco 49ers |
| Ezekiel Turner | S | UDFA | — | Arizona Cardinals |