Player Bio: Sam Blanche - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
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Washington: Will compete with Anthony Kelley for playing time ... started his Husky career as a roverback and then moved to linebacker. 2000: Appeared in a career-high eight games ... made one tackle in Huskies' 34-24 Rose Bowl win over Purdue ... had a career-best three tackles in win over Oregon State. 1999: Played in the final four games of the year plus the Holiday Bowl against Kansas State ... recorded tackles against both Stanford and Washington State. 1998: Appeared in five games plus the O'ahu Bowl ... recorded a total of six tackles ... top outing was against Utah State when he made three tackles ... had one tackle vs. Air Force in the O'ahu Bowl. 1997: Redshirted the season.
High School and Personal: Born March 3, 1979 ... mother, Yvette, is a bus driver ... has two younger brothers ... broke his right fibula in September and missed most of last season ... had three kick returns totaling 147 yards in the only game he played in 1996 ... also played tailback as a junior at Eisenhower ... rushed for 863 yards in 1995 ... had 69 tackles and six interceptions as a junior ... a first-team all-league and second-team all-region pick in 1995 ... also lettered in track ... high school coach was Tom Hoak ... an anthropology major.
Year G-S Solo Asst. Tot. Loss FC FR PD Int. Sacks 1998 5-0 2 4 6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1999 4-0 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2000 8-0 1 3 4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Totals 17-0 3 9 12 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0
