2018 Football Roster
Sep 6 (Sat)
8:00 p.m. PT
Roster
Myles Gaskin
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lynnwood, Wash.
- High School:
- O'Dea
2018 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2017 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2016 All-Pac-12 First Team
2015 Freshman All-America (FWAA)
2018: First player in Pac-12 history (and only the 10th in FBS) to rush for 1,000 in four seasons and just the second NCAA-FBS player ever to reach 1,200 yards in four straight (Ron Dayne of Wisconsin was the other) ... finished UW career with numerous Husky records, including career rushing yards (5,323) and career touchdowns, both by rushing (57) and total (62) ... 5,323 yards are third-most in Pac-12 history and more than 1,200 yards more than the next-closest Husky ... 62 career TDs are 24 ahead of the next-closes Husky ... 57 rush TDs are third-most in Pac-12 history ... played in and started 12 out of 14 games, missing the Colorado and Cal games due to injury ... became UW's all-time leading rusher in the season-opener vs. Auburn, passing Napoleon Kaufman, who had held the record since 1994 ... rushed for 75 yards on 17 carries vs. the Tigers to move into the top spot ... against North Dakota, ran for 53 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries and also had a reception ... tied the UW record for career 100-yard games with his 21st in the victory at Utah ... rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries against the Utes ... earned the UW coaches' offensive player of the game award for the Utah game ... 21 carries for 86 yards, plus two receptions for 23 yards, against Arizona State ... rushed for 81 yards and a score, and also had a 10-yard reception, in the win over BYU ... rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries, and also caught four passes for 14 yards, in the UW win at UCLA ... named the Husky coaches' offensive player of the game for the UCLA victory ... 69 yards on 15 carries at Oregon ... sat out the Colorado and California games due to injury ... returned to action in the Huskies' win over Stanford, leading the Huskies with 28 carries for 148 yards and one touchdown ... earned the UW coaches' offensive player of the week for the Stanford game ... posted the 24th 100-yard game of his career in the win over Oregon State, rushing for 135 yards and touchdown on 18 carries ... had a 64-yard run in the OSU game and also caught four passes for 24 yards and a TD ... scored three touchdowns in the Apple Cup, including one on an 80-yard run ... finished the WSU game with 170 yards on 27 carries, earning the UW coaches' offensive player of the game award ... 71 rushing yards on 23 carries, plus three receptions, against Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game ... had his 27th and last 100-yard rushing game in the Rose Bowl, where he rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries ... also threw a two-yard touchdown pass, to Drew Sample, in the Rose Bowl β the only pass attempt of his career ... won the team's Most Outstanding Offensive Player award and the Apple Cup Play of the Game award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2017: Played in all 13 games, starting 11 ... named second-team All-Pac-12 ... only the third Husky ever to rush for 1,000 yards in three seasons, joining Napoleon Kaufman and Chris Polk ... has broken the UW record for rushing touchdowns, with 41 ... only player in UW history to score four or more TDs in two different games ... started in the Huskies' season opening win over Rutgers, finishing with 59 rushing yards on only seven carries, plus a career-high five receptions for 79 yards and a TD ... won the UW coaches' offensive player of the game award for the Rutgers win ... 38 yards and a touchdown on nine carries vs. Montana ... scored 25th career rushing TD vs. the Grizzlies, moving him into a tie for 10th on the UW career list ... rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries, and also caught two passes for 10 yards and a touchdown, in the Husky win over Fresno State ... set a new career high with 202 rushing yards on 24 carries, with two touchdowns as the Huskies opened Pac-12 play with a win at Colorado ... scored the UW's first TD of the game in Boulder on a one-yard run, and the last one on a 57-yard carry ... earned the UW coaches' offensive player of the game after the win at CU ... rushed for 113 yards and one touchdown, and also caught a pass for nine yards, in the Oregon State game ... 24 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns in the California game ... 14 carries for 67 yards, as well as two receptions, at Arizona State ... rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries in the win over UCLA, when he also had one catch ... 17 carries for 123 yards, including a touchdown, in the 38-3 win over Oregon ... moved over 1,000 yards on the season in the Stanford game, rushing for 120 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries ... had career highs with six receptions and 114 receiving yards, including a 76-yard touchdown catch, in the win over Utah ... 17 carries for 52 yards, with two rushing TDs, vs. the Utes ... named the UW Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, and the UW coaches' offensive player of the game following the Apple Cup win over Washington State, when he rushed for 192 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries, the second four-TD game of his career ... rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns (including a 69-yarder) on 14 carries, and also caught one pass vs. Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl ... named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player and also picked up the Apple Cup Play of the Game Award at the UW postseason awards banquet.
2016: Played in all 14 games, starting 11 at tailback ... surpassed 1,000 yards rushing for the second straight season ... finished with 1,373 yards, the eighth-highest season total in UW history ... rushed for 57 yards on 15 carries and caught one pass for 11 yards in a start vs. Rutgers ... 12 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown in the win over Idaho ... 13 carries for 93 yards and a touchdown, as well as his first career TD reception (four yards), in the win over Portland State ... ran for 85 yards on 24 carries in the win at Arizona ... rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries in the win over No. 7 Stanford ... set a new career-high with 197 yards on 16 carries, with one touchdown, in the Huskies' 70-21 win at Oregon ... rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown in the Huskies' win over Oregon State ... named the team's offensive player of the week after the OSU victory ... also named the team's offensive player of the week after the 31-24 win at No. 17 Utah, rushing for 151 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries, a 7.9-yard average ... 74 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries in the UW win at California ... moved past 1,000 yards for the season in the USC game, rushing for 51 yards on 15 carries ... also had two catches for 22 yards vs. the Trojans ... earned the coaches' offensive player of the game award for his 127-yard rushing performance (16 carries, one touchdown) in the win over Arizona State ... 50 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... rushed for 159 yards and also had a 24-yard reception in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Colorado ... named the UW coaches' offensive player of the game after the Colorado victory. ... rushed for 34 yards on 10 carries and caught five passes for 40 yards against Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
2015: The first true freshman ever at the UW to rush for 1,000 yards in a season ... 18th Husky ever to reach 1,000 yards, finishing the season with 1,302, eighth-most in UW history ... also set a UW true-freshman record with 14 rushing TDs, fifth-most ever at Washington ... freshman All-America first-team from the Football Writers Association of America ... honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... eight 100-yard rushing games were third-most in the Pac-12 ... played in every game, starting six ... rushed for 100 or more yards eight times ... made his debut in the UW's season-opener at Boise State ... had five carries and one reception vs. the Broncos ... rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns on just 10 carries in the UW victory over Sacramento State in week two ... rushed for scores from three, 16 and 78 yards ... 146 yards were third-most ever by a UW true freshman, behind only Joe Steele (157 vs. Oregon in 1976) and Willie Hurst (155 vs. UCLA in 1998) ... 15 carries for 42 yards in the win over Utah State ... 15 yards on five carries vs. Cal ... second 100-yard game in the victory at USC, when he rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries ... in the drive that culminated with his one-yard TD run, was responsible for all 50 yards (on four carries) on the drive ... rushed for 155 yards and a TD on 18 carries in first career start, vs. Oregon ... first UW true freshman ever to rush for 100 or more yards in back-to-back games and 155 yards were second-most (tied) ever for a UW freshman ... made it three straight 100-yard games with 108 yards and a TD on 18 carries at Stanford ... 49 yards on 11 carries in the Husky win over Arizona ... 20 carries for 93 yards and a touchdown vs. Utah ... fifth 100-yard game of the season at Arizona State: 18 carries for 108 yards and one touchdown ... also had two receptions vs. the Sun Devils ... sixth 100-yard game of the year in the Oregon State win, going for 127 yards on 23 carries ... 32 carries for 138 yards and two touchdowns in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... MVP of the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl, where he became one of only five Huskies ever to rush for four or more TDs in a single game ... scored four times, and rushed for a UW bowl-record 181 yards on 26 carries vs. Southern Miss ... 86-yard TD vs. the Golden Eagles broke a 24-24 tie and was the sixth-longest (tied) rush in UW history and came one play after USM had tied the score ... named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player at the UW's postseason awards ceremony.
HIGH SCHOOL: USA Today all-state ... first-team 3A all-state from the Associated Press at running back and second-team at all-purpose/returner ... Metro League Mountain Division Offensive MVP, Kickoff Returner of the Year, first-team All-Metro at running back and safety ... Tacoma News-Tribune all state at running back ... a PrepStar All-Region selection ... named to the Seattle Times all-area team in 2014, when he rushed for 1,567 yards and 25 touchdowns on just 109 carries, a 14.4-yard average ... helped Irish to a 9-2 record and a berth in the Washington 3A state playoffs in 2014 ... as a junior, helped O'Dea to a 12-1 record and the state 3A semifinals ... rushed for over 2,000 yards and made 3A all-state first team and the Seattle Times all-area team as a junior ... also the 2013 Metro League Mountain Division Offensive Player of the Year and well as first-team all-league ... team went 8-3 his sophomore year, when he was an All-Metro first-team selection at both running back and outside linebacker ... one of nine players from the region named a "Northwest Nugget" by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... listed as a "red-chip prospect" by the Seattle Times ... also a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune's Western 100 ... ranked as the No. 5 prospect in Washington, the No. 34 running back in the nation and the No. 266 overall prospect in the country by scout.com ... the No. 39 running back in the country and No. 10 recruit in the state, per rivals.com ... ESPN listed him No. 10 in the state and the No. 86 back in the nation ... also a standout on the track team, qualifying for the state meet in the 100, 200, the 4x100 and the 4x400 as a sophomore ... as a senior, ran the 100, 200, 400, 4x100, 4x400 and threw the shotput ... won the 2015 3A state title in the 100 meters, with a time of 11.02 ... also took second in the 4x100 and eighth in the 4x400 ... won Metro League titles in the 100 and the 4x400 and also took second in the 200 and third in the shot ... played football for coach Monte Kohler.
