2019 Football Roster
Sep 6 (Sat)
8:00 p.m. PT
Roster
Benning Potoa'e
- Position:
- Defensive Lineman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- DuPont, Wash.
- High School:
- Lakes
2019: Played in all 13 games, starting four ... earned Pro Football Focus All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... notched four tackles, three of them for loss and two for sacks, in the Huskies' win over Eastern Washington ... the inaugural winner of the Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Week award following the Eastern game ... also named the Huskies' defensive player of the week for the EWU game ... started vs. California, finishing the game with three tackles ... two tackles in the UW win over Hawai'i ... three tackles, including two for a loss and a sack, in the win at BYU ... four tackles at Stanford ... had a 15-yard strip sack that led to a return for a touchdown in the Husky win at Arizona ... one tackle vs. Oregon ... started vs. Utah, and finished with five tackles, including half a sack ... two tackles at Colorado ... credited with two tackles in the Apple Cup ... two tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Boise State ... won the Iron Husky Award at the Huskies' postseason awards banquet.
2018: Played in all 14 games, starting 13 (all but the Rose Bowl) ... four tackles in a start against Auburn in the season opener ... had one stop in a start vs. North Dakota ... made three tackles, including one for a loss, in the win at Utah ... career-high seven tackles, including two for a loss, against Arizona State ... two tackles, one of them for a loss, in the win over BYU ... one stop in the win at UCLA ... made three tackles at Oregon ... notched seven tackles in the Husky win over Colorado ... named the UW coaches' special teams player of the week for the Colorado win ... two tackles at California ... made five tackles, including two for a loss and a 14-yard sack, in the Husky win over Oregon State ... two tackles in the Apple Cup win at WSU ... three tackles, including half of a tackle for loss, against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl.
2017: Played in all 13 games, starting 10 ... started in the Huskies' season opening win over Rutgers, finishing with three tackles ... two tackles, including one for a loss, in Washington's win over Montana ... also started in the Husky win over Fresno State ... one stop in the game at Colorado ... had a 16-yard sack in the win over California ... one tackle in the Arizona State game ... three tackles, one for a loss, in the 38-3 win over Oregon ... two tackles at Stanford ... had three stops in the win over Utah ... made two tackles, including a seven-yard sack, in the Apple Cup victory over Washington State ... made six tackles against Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl.
2016: Played in 13 of 14 games, all except at Arizona ... started once (Colorado) ... saw first action as a Husky vs. Rutgers, notching four tackles in the win ... one tackle in the win over Idaho ... had a tackle in the win over Portland State ... notched a tackle in the win over No. 7 Stanford ... made a pair of solo tackles in the Huskies' win at Oregon ... saw a lot of action in the Oregon State win, finishing with three tackles, one of them for a loss ... two tackles in Washington's win at Cal ... made a crucial tackle on the goal line on a fourth down in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... made his first start in the Pac-12 Championship game vs. Colorado, finishing with a tackle for loss ... three tackles against Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
2015: Redshirted true freshman season at the UW.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the "Medium-Sized School" All-America second team by MaxPreps ... named the state's defensive player of the year by USA Today ... also named all-state by the Seattle Times and the Associated Press, as well as all-state and all-area by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... a three-time All-South Puget Sound League first-team selection ... named a PrepStar All-Region selection ... posted 19 sacks, 72 tackles and five forced fumbles as a senior in 2014 ... played in the Semper Fidelis All-America game ... named to the MaxPreps Sophomore All-America second team as a tight end in 2012 ... played on the varsity as a freshman in 2011, when Lancers went 11-1 and advanced to the state quarterfinals ... one of nine players from the region named a "Northwest Nugget" by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... also a member of the Tacoma News-Tribune's Western 100 ... named a "red-chip prospect" by the Seattle Times ... ranked the No. 1 recruit in Washington, the No. 18 defensive end in the nation and the No. 179 overall prospect in the country by scout.com ... ranked the No. 21 strongside end and the No. 2 player in Washington by rivals.com ... ESPN rated him as the No. 6 recruit in the state and No. 37 defensive tackle in the country ... younger brother of former UW defensive lineman Sione Potoa'e ... also played basketball at Lakes ... played football for coach Dave Miller.
