Huskies In The NFL: Week 3
September 24, 2019 | Football
SEATTLE – Week 3 of the 2019 National Football League season is in the books, and a number of former Huskies had impressive showings.
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Wide receiver Dante Pettis started for the San Francisco 49ers, recording four catches for 20 yards and a touchdown in a 24-20 win over Pittsburgh.
Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one sack in a 38-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
OTHER NOTABLES
Seattle Seahawks tight end Will Dissly finished with six catches for 62 yards and a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints ... Cornerback Sidney Jones started for the Philadelphia Eagles, recording three tackles, including a tackle for loss, and one pass defended ... New Englad Patriots defensive tackle Danny Shelton started and notched six tackles against the New York Jets ... Offensive tackle Kaleb McGary started for the Atlanta Falcons against Indianapolis ... Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant started and finished with one tackle ... Green Bay Packers cornerback Kevin King started and had nine tackles against the Denver Broncos, including five solo stops ... Wide receiver John Ross III started for Cincinnati and finished with two catches for 22 yards ... Tamba Bay Buccanneers defensive tackle Vita Vea started against the New York Giants and tallied one tackle and two quarterback hurries ... Safety Budda Baker had five tackles for the Arizona Cardinals ... Arizona cornerback Byron Murphy started and had two solo tackles ... Linebacker Cory Littleton started for the Los Angeles Rams and notched four tackles ... Cornerback Marcus Peters had three tackles in a starting role for the L.A. Rams ... Rams safety Taylor Rapp registered three tackles and one pass defensed against the Cleveland Browns.
ACTIVE HUSKIES ON 2019 NFL TEAM ROSTERS
As of Sunday, Sept. 22, the following 31 former Washington football players appeared on NFL rosters (source: official team website rosters):
* – Practice squad
STANDOUT PERFORMANCES
Wide receiver Dante Pettis started for the San Francisco 49ers, recording four catches for 20 yards and a touchdown in a 24-20 win over Pittsburgh.
Dimes to Dante! @JimmyG_10 connects with @dmainy_13 at the goal line! #49ers up 24-20. pic.twitter.com/ifiGjJuQkb
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) September 22, 2019
Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson finished with a team-high 11 tackles and one sack in a 38-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
OTHER NOTABLES
Seattle Seahawks tight end Will Dissly finished with six catches for 62 yards and a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints ... Cornerback Sidney Jones started for the Philadelphia Eagles, recording three tackles, including a tackle for loss, and one pass defended ... New Englad Patriots defensive tackle Danny Shelton started and notched six tackles against the New York Jets ... Offensive tackle Kaleb McGary started for the Atlanta Falcons against Indianapolis ... Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant started and finished with one tackle ... Green Bay Packers cornerback Kevin King started and had nine tackles against the Denver Broncos, including five solo stops ... Wide receiver John Ross III started for Cincinnati and finished with two catches for 22 yards ... Tamba Bay Buccanneers defensive tackle Vita Vea started against the New York Giants and tallied one tackle and two quarterback hurries ... Safety Budda Baker had five tackles for the Arizona Cardinals ... Arizona cornerback Byron Murphy started and had two solo tackles ... Linebacker Cory Littleton started for the Los Angeles Rams and notched four tackles ... Cornerback Marcus Peters had three tackles in a starting role for the L.A. Rams ... Rams safety Taylor Rapp registered three tackles and one pass defensed against the Cleveland Browns.
ACTIVE HUSKIES ON 2019 NFL TEAM ROSTERS
As of Sunday, Sept. 22, the following 31 former Washington football players appeared on NFL rosters (source: official team website rosters):
- Budda Baker, s – Arizona
- Darrell Daniels, te – Arizona
- Byron Murphy, cb – Arizona
- Zeke Turner, s – Arizona
- Kaleb McGary, ol – Atlanta
- Jordan Miller, cb – Atlanta
- Desmond Trufant, cb – Atlanta
- Shaq Thompson, lb – Carolina
- John Ross, wr – Cincinnati
- Drew Sample, te – Cincinnati
- Keishawn Bierria, lb – Denver
- Marvin Hall, wr – Detroit
- Jermaine Kearse, wr^ – Detroit
- Kevin King, cb – Green Bay
- Senio Kelemete, g – Houston
- Jake Eldrenkamp, ol* – Indianapolis
- Greg Gaines, dl – L.A. Rams
- Cory Littleton, lb – L.A. Rams
- Marcus Peters, cb – L.A. Rams
- Taylor Rapp, s – L.A. Rams
- Coleman Shelton, c – L.A. Rams
- Myles Gaskin, rb – Miami
- Jake Browning, qb* – Minnesota
- Danny Shelton, dl – New England
- Dwayne Washington, rb – New Orleans
- Sidney Jones, cb – Philadelphia
- Joshua Perkins, te* – Philadelphia
- Dante Pettis, wr – San Francisco
- Ben Burr-Kirven, lb – Seattle
- Will Dissly, te – Seattle
- Vita Vea, dl – Tampa Bay
* – Practice squad
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