Top 10 Washington Huskies Quarterbacks since 1970
Herb Nightengale
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#8 Sonny Sixkiller 1970-72
The 1970s began with Native American Sonny Sixkiller as the Washington Huskies quarterback. Sonny was and still is a popular Husky alumnus. Many young teenagers between 1970-72 looked up to him.
He certainly is the reason I started becoming a Huskies fan. It didn’t hurt that he had a cool name, but he could play. I didn’t see him play very much since not many games were on television back then. However, I didn’t miss listening to the games on the radio.
Today Sonny is still the eighth-ranked passer in Washington Huskies football history. In his three years at UW, he threw for 5,496 yards and 35 touchdowns.
#7 Jake Locker 2007-10
Washington had some lean seasons during Jake Locker’s time at Montlake. Tyrone Willingham was Locker’s coach for his first two college football seasons. Locker’s freshman season of 2007, the Huskies went 4-8 and finished last in the Pac-10. He still shined, throwing for 2,062 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions.
The following year, Locker missed most of the season because of injury. He played only 4 games, and the Huskies went 0-12. Washington fired Willingham after the season.
Steve Sarkisian became the Washington Huskies Head Coach during Locker’s junior season. The Huskies were 5-7 in 2009, followed by 7-6 the next year. It was the only season Locker had a winning season. UW finished 4th in the conference and went to the Holiday Bowl, where they upset Nebraska 19-7.
Though the Huskies had a losing record during Locker’s time at Washington, he passed for more yards than anyone up to that point except Cody Pickett. He is now number four with 7,639 yards. Also, Locker has more rushing yards than any other quarterback at Washington with 1,939 yards.