Washington Huskies Alumni in the NFL – NFC September
Herb Nightengale
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NFC East
Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys again this year do not have any former Huskies on their roster.
Washington Football Team
Neither does the Washington Football Team.
Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia finds themselves Husky-less in 2021
New York Giants
Former Cleveland Browns first-round pick (2015) Danny Shelton signed with New York in the spring. After three years in Cleveland, he spent two more in New England before playing in 2020 with Detroit.
The owner of 72 NFL starts, Shelton will backup second-year nose tackle Austin Johnson. In the Giants’ opening game loss to Denver, Shelton played 23 defensive snaps (35 percent) and had a pair of tackles.
Dante Pettis, who began his career with the San Francisco 49ers, signed with the G-Men last November. He is currently on New York’s practice squad.
After spending the first four years in Cincinnati, speedy yet often injured receiver John Ross signed with New York as a free agent earlier this year. Unfortunately, he is currently on the Giants’ injured reserved list with a hamstring sustained in practice on August 9. So Ross will miss at least the first three games of 2021 for sure.
"I feel like familiarity made it easier to be comfortable"
Danny Shelton on his history with Joe Judge pic.twitter.com/rZRq4OOUi4
— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) July 30, 2021
Next month we’ll be back to see how those former Washington Huskies players performed in September, along with any other changes that may have occurred.