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WASHINGTON HUSKIES A QUICK LOOK AT THE HUSKIES OFFENSE: The Huskies return 10 of 11 offensive starters from last season, including senior signal-caller Keith Price. He will command an offensive unit that spent the spring installing a no-huddle offense and will have several playmakers to work with. Tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins enjoyed a breakout season for the Huskies in 2012, establishing school single-season marks for receptions (69) and receiving yards (852). Junior RB Bishop Sankey will enter the fall as UW's featured back. He racked up 1,688 all-purpose yards as the primary back last season and caught 33 passes out of the backfield. Price has a big-play receiver in junior WR Kasen Williams, who is coming off a season in which he hauled in 77 passes for 878 yards (11.4 avg). DEFENSE: The defense returns its two leading tacklers in junior LB John Timu (91 tackles) and senior DB Sean Parker (77 tackles). The linebacking corps returns intact, led by Timu and sophomore Shaq Thompson. The duo combined for 165 tackles, 4.0 sacks, and five interceptions in 2012. Thompson, a natural linebacker, moves back to the position after garnering freshman All-America accolades as a nickel back. The secondary loses a sure tackler in Justin Glenn and a shutdown corner in Marcus Trufant, but Parker and sophomore Marcus Peters (44 tackles/3 int./11 PD) were fixtures in the defensive backfield last year. Defensive ends Josh Shirley (6.5 sacks/9.0 TFL) and Andrew Hudson (6.5 sacks/9.0 TFL) bolster a prolific pass rush. THE SCHEDULE: The Huskies christen a renovated Husky Stadium in the season opener vs. Boise State. The Huskies get five league contests at home, but the four road games are against Pac-12 foes who combined for a 38-16 record last season. 2012 RESUL TS (7-6, 5-4 in Pac-12 North, 4th) W.......... 21-12............... San Diego State L............ 3-41................. at No. 3 LSU W.......... 52-13............... Portland State W.......... 17-13............... No. 8 Stanford L............ 21-52............... at No. 2 Oregon L............ 14-24............... No. 11 USC L............ 17-52............... at Arizona W.......... 20-17............... No. 7 Oregon State W.......... 21-13............... at California W.......... 34-15............... Utah W.......... 38-3................. at Colorado L............ 28-31 (OT)........ at Washington State L............ 26-28............... vs. No. 19 Boise State (Las Vegas Bowl) Note: All home games played at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Wash. 2013 SCHEDULE Aug. 31 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 15 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 (7 home, 5 away) Boise State Series tied, 1-1-0 vs. Illinois (Solider Field) Washington leads, 5-4-0 Idaho State First meeting Arizona Washington leads, 18-10-1 at Stanford Washington leads, 41-28-4 Oregon USC leads, 58-42-5 at Arizona State Series tied, 15-15-0 California Washington leads, 50-38-4 Colorado Washington leads, 7-5-1 at UCLA UCLA leads, 38-30-2 at Oregon State Washington leads, 59-34-4 Washington State Washington leads, 67-32-6 2013 TEAM INFORMATION Returning Starters: 20/Starters Lost: 4 Offensive Starters Returning (10) WR Kasen Williams (So. • 6-2 • 216) LT Micah Hatchie (Jr. • 6-5 • 293) LG Dexter Charles (So. • 6-4 • 292) RG Mike Criste (Jr. • 6-5 • 295) RT Ben Riva (Jr. • 6-6 • 302) TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins (Jr. • 6-6 • 266) QB Keith Price (Sr. • 6-1 • 202) TB Bishop Sankey (Jr. • 5-10 • 200) FB Evan Hudson (Jr. • 6-5 • 262) WR D'Andre Campbell (Jr. 6-1 • 198) Offensive Starters Lost (1) C Drew Schaefer Defensive Starters Returning (8) NT Danny Shelton (Jr. • 6-1 • 317) DE Andrew Hudson (Jr. • 6-3 • 249) RE Josh Shirley (Jr. • 6-3 • 230) LB Travis Feeney (So. • 6-4 • 209) ILB John Timu (Jr. • 6-1 • 231) N Shaq Thompson (So. • 6-2 • 225) S Sean Parker (Sr. • 5-10 • 190) CB Marcus Peters (So. • 5-11 •194) Defensive Starters Lost (3) DE Talia Crichton CB Desmond Trufant S Justin Glenn Starting Kickers Returning (2) PK/P Travis Coons (Sr. • 6-2 • 205) Starting Kickers Lost (0) positions listed as of last season 2012 WASHINGTON STATISTICAL LEADERS (returnees in italics) RUSHING Att Yds AvgTD Bishop Sankey Kendyl Taylor Erich Wilson 289 35 28 PASSING 1439 209 145 PC-PA-HIPct Keith Price Derrick Brown 263-432-13 .609 2-5-1 .400 5.0 6.0 5.2 16 0 1 Yds TD 2726 19 23 0 RECEIVING No. Yds AvgTD Kasen Williams Austin Seferian-Jenkins Bishop Sankey Jaydon Mickens D'Andre Campbell Kendyl Taylor Scoring: Field Goals: Punting: Kickoff Returns: Punt Returns: Interceptions: Tackles: Tackles For Loss: Quarterback Sacks: 77 69 33 20 16 14 QB TE RB NT S OLB 878 850 249 190 167 110 11.4 12.3 7.5 9.5 10.4 7.9 6 7 0 1 2 1 Bishop Sankey (96) Travis Coons (9-14) Travis Coons (39.8) Jaydon Micken (21.5) Cody Bruns (8.2) Shaq Thompson, Marcus Peters (3) John Timu (91) Andrew Hudson, Josh Shirley (9.0) Andrew Hudson, Josh Shirley (6.5) SIX TO WATCH Keith Price Sr. Austin Seferian-JenkinsJr. Bishop Sankey Jr. Danny Shelton So. Sean Parker Sr. Shaq Thompson So. 6-1 6-6 6-0 6-1 5-10 6-2 202 266 200 317 190 225 TEAMS // 2013 PAC-12 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE // 31