2017 Football Roster
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Sep 27 (Sat)
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Ahmed, Salvon

Jersey Number 26
Salvon Ahmed
- Position:
- Tailback
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 189
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Kirkland, Wash.
- High School:
- Juanita
Bio
2019 Academic All-District 8
2019 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2018 Academic All-Pac-12 Second Team
2017 Honorable Mention All-Pac-12
2019: Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 ... named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... named to Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team ... rushed for 1,020 yards, giving the UW its ninth 1,000-yard rusher in the last 10 seasons ... played in 12 of 13 games, all except for the BYU game ... named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award ... started vs. Eastern Washington, rushing for 44 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, with two catches for 23 yards ... new career highs vs. California, when he had 21 carries for 119 yards ... scored a 21-yard TD vs. the Bears and also caught one pass ... rushed for 83 yards on just eight carries, and had two receptions for 13 yards, in the Huskies' win over Hawai'i ... missed the BYU game due to injury ... returned as the starter vs. USC, and rushed for a career-high 15 yards on 17 carries ... scored an 89-yard touchdown vs. the Trojans, the fifth-longest run in Husky history ... named the UW coaches' offensive player of the game after the USC win ... six carries for 28 yards at Stanford ... scored three touchdowns at Arizona, all on the ground ... rushed for 95 yards on a career-high 23 carries vs. the Wildcats ... new career-high 24 carries vs. Oregon, good for 140 yards and a touchdown ... also had four receptions vs. the Ducks ... 14 carries for 50 yards, plus two receptions, against Utah ... reset his career highs again in the win at Oregon State, rushing for 174 yards on 25 carries, with two touchdowns ... scored from six and 60 yards β the Huskies' only two TDs that game ... earned the UW coaches' offensive player of the game for the OSU win ... 13 carries for 29 yards, plus one reception, at Colorado ... 16 carries for 85 yards in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... scored two rushing touchdowns in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Boise State, when he had six rushes for 20 yards and two receptions for 26.
2018: Played in all 14 games, starting three of them ... rushed for 36 yards on seven carries against Auburn in the season opener ... four carries for 44 yards, plus five receptions for 39, in the win over North Dakota ... three carries in the win at Utah ... 10 carries for 71 yards, plus one reception, against Arizona State ... career-high 86 yards on just 10 carries, with a career-high two touchdowns, in the win over BYU ... started the UCLA game and finished with six carries for 16 yards, plus two receptions for 27 ... rushed for two touchdowns and 61 yards on 11 carries at Oregon, when he also had one reception ... nine rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the Husky win over Colorado ... eight carries and a reception at California ... five carries for 23 yards and two catches for another 32, in the Huskies' win over Stanford ... nine carries for 76 yards, including two touchdowns, in the Husky win over Oregon State ... 87 yards on just nine carries, plus two receptions for 22 yards, in the Apple Cup win at WSU ... eight carries for 28 yard, plus three catches for 21, in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Utah ... five carries and three receptions (for 22 yards) in the Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State.
2017: Played in all 13 games during his true freshman season ... honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... saw action in the Huskies' season-opening win at Rutgers, carrying the ball once ... UW's top rusher in the win over Montana, with 54 yards and a touchdown on nine carries, with one reception for eight yards ... rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries vs. Fresno State ... at Colorado, rushed for 27 yards and a touchdown on six carries ... six carries for 16 yards, plus two receptions, at Oregon State, where he also had a tackle ... 21 yards on three carries in the win over Cal ... two carries for 28 yards in the Arizona State game ... returned four kickoffs for 161 yards, including an 82-yard return that set up a key touchdown two plays later, in the win over UCLA ... also rushed for 40 yards on six carries, made a catch and had a tackle on kickoff coverage against the Bruins ... six carries for 84 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown run, plus one catch, in the 38-3 victory over Oregon ... one carry and one reception at Stanford ... also had one carry and one catch against Utah ... rushed for 82 yards on just nine carries , and also had a 10-yard reception, in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... three catches for 25 yards, plus one carry, in the Fiesta Bowl ... co-winner of the Travis Spring Outstanding Freshman award at the UW's postseason banquet.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named All-KincCo 3A at running back and cornerback as well as KingCo 3A offensive MVP as a senior ... also named to the USA Today all-state team (all levels) at defensive back ... rushed for 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior despite being limited to just six games due to injury ... also named to the Seattle Times' all-area team as both a senior and junior ... as a junior, helped Rebels to a 9-3 record and a berth in the quarterfinals of the 3A state playoffs, their deepest run in over 25 years ... named Associated Press 3A all-state at defensive back as a junior ... also the KingCo 3A/2A offensive player of the year and first-team All-KingCo on both offense and defense as a junior ... also named to the USA Today All-Washington first team, the only underclassman to make the squad on defense ... rushed for 1,800 yards and 29 TDs in 2015 ... team went 6-4-1 his sophomore year ... Rebels went 8-3 and earned a playoff berth his freshman season, when he played on the varsity ... played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl following his senior season ... one of just five members of his class named to the Seattle Times' "blue-chip recruit" ... named to the PrepStar Top 150 "Dream Team" ... one of seven players named a "Northwest Nugget" by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... also named to the News-Tribune's Western 100 ... ESPN's No. 106 overall prospect, as well as it's No. 12 running back and No. 2 prospect in the state ... 247sports.com ranked him the No. 2 recruit in Washington, and the No. 2 athlete and No. 110 overall prospect in the country ... rated the No. 211 overall prospect in the nation and No. 14 athlete by scout.com ... rivals.com rated him the No. 10 athlete and No. 156 recruit in the nation ... also played basketball and ran track (sprints and jumps) at Juanita ... played football for coach Lele Te'o as a junior and senior.
2019 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2018 Academic All-Pac-12 Second Team
2017 Honorable Mention All-Pac-12
2019: Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 ... named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ... honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... named to Pro Football Focus and Phil Steele All-Pac-12 third team ... rushed for 1,020 yards, giving the UW its ninth 1,000-yard rusher in the last 10 seasons ... played in 12 of 13 games, all except for the BYU game ... named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award ... started vs. Eastern Washington, rushing for 44 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, with two catches for 23 yards ... new career highs vs. California, when he had 21 carries for 119 yards ... scored a 21-yard TD vs. the Bears and also caught one pass ... rushed for 83 yards on just eight carries, and had two receptions for 13 yards, in the Huskies' win over Hawai'i ... missed the BYU game due to injury ... returned as the starter vs. USC, and rushed for a career-high 15 yards on 17 carries ... scored an 89-yard touchdown vs. the Trojans, the fifth-longest run in Husky history ... named the UW coaches' offensive player of the game after the USC win ... six carries for 28 yards at Stanford ... scored three touchdowns at Arizona, all on the ground ... rushed for 95 yards on a career-high 23 carries vs. the Wildcats ... new career-high 24 carries vs. Oregon, good for 140 yards and a touchdown ... also had four receptions vs. the Ducks ... 14 carries for 50 yards, plus two receptions, against Utah ... reset his career highs again in the win at Oregon State, rushing for 174 yards on 25 carries, with two touchdowns ... scored from six and 60 yards β the Huskies' only two TDs that game ... earned the UW coaches' offensive player of the game for the OSU win ... 13 carries for 29 yards, plus one reception, at Colorado ... 16 carries for 85 yards in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... scored two rushing touchdowns in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Boise State, when he had six rushes for 20 yards and two receptions for 26.
2018: Played in all 14 games, starting three of them ... rushed for 36 yards on seven carries against Auburn in the season opener ... four carries for 44 yards, plus five receptions for 39, in the win over North Dakota ... three carries in the win at Utah ... 10 carries for 71 yards, plus one reception, against Arizona State ... career-high 86 yards on just 10 carries, with a career-high two touchdowns, in the win over BYU ... started the UCLA game and finished with six carries for 16 yards, plus two receptions for 27 ... rushed for two touchdowns and 61 yards on 11 carries at Oregon, when he also had one reception ... nine rushes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the Husky win over Colorado ... eight carries and a reception at California ... five carries for 23 yards and two catches for another 32, in the Huskies' win over Stanford ... nine carries for 76 yards, including two touchdowns, in the Husky win over Oregon State ... 87 yards on just nine carries, plus two receptions for 22 yards, in the Apple Cup win at WSU ... eight carries for 28 yard, plus three catches for 21, in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Utah ... five carries and three receptions (for 22 yards) in the Rose Bowl vs. Ohio State.
2017: Played in all 13 games during his true freshman season ... honorable mention All-Pac-12 ... saw action in the Huskies' season-opening win at Rutgers, carrying the ball once ... UW's top rusher in the win over Montana, with 54 yards and a touchdown on nine carries, with one reception for eight yards ... rushed for 28 yards on 10 carries vs. Fresno State ... at Colorado, rushed for 27 yards and a touchdown on six carries ... six carries for 16 yards, plus two receptions, at Oregon State, where he also had a tackle ... 21 yards on three carries in the win over Cal ... two carries for 28 yards in the Arizona State game ... returned four kickoffs for 161 yards, including an 82-yard return that set up a key touchdown two plays later, in the win over UCLA ... also rushed for 40 yards on six carries, made a catch and had a tackle on kickoff coverage against the Bruins ... six carries for 84 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown run, plus one catch, in the 38-3 victory over Oregon ... one carry and one reception at Stanford ... also had one carry and one catch against Utah ... rushed for 82 yards on just nine carries , and also had a 10-yard reception, in the Apple Cup win over Washington State ... three catches for 25 yards, plus one carry, in the Fiesta Bowl ... co-winner of the Travis Spring Outstanding Freshman award at the UW's postseason banquet.
HIGH SCHOOL: Named All-KincCo 3A at running back and cornerback as well as KingCo 3A offensive MVP as a senior ... also named to the USA Today all-state team (all levels) at defensive back ... rushed for 1,300 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior despite being limited to just six games due to injury ... also named to the Seattle Times' all-area team as both a senior and junior ... as a junior, helped Rebels to a 9-3 record and a berth in the quarterfinals of the 3A state playoffs, their deepest run in over 25 years ... named Associated Press 3A all-state at defensive back as a junior ... also the KingCo 3A/2A offensive player of the year and first-team All-KingCo on both offense and defense as a junior ... also named to the USA Today All-Washington first team, the only underclassman to make the squad on defense ... rushed for 1,800 yards and 29 TDs in 2015 ... team went 6-4-1 his sophomore year ... Rebels went 8-3 and earned a playoff berth his freshman season, when he played on the varsity ... played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl following his senior season ... one of just five members of his class named to the Seattle Times' "blue-chip recruit" ... named to the PrepStar Top 150 "Dream Team" ... one of seven players named a "Northwest Nugget" by the Tacoma News-Tribune ... also named to the News-Tribune's Western 100 ... ESPN's No. 106 overall prospect, as well as it's No. 12 running back and No. 2 prospect in the state ... 247sports.com ranked him the No. 2 recruit in Washington, and the No. 2 athlete and No. 110 overall prospect in the country ... rated the No. 211 overall prospect in the nation and No. 14 athlete by scout.com ... rivals.com rated him the No. 10 athlete and No. 156 recruit in the nation ... also played basketball and ran track (sprints and jumps) at Juanita ... played football for coach Lele Te'o as a junior and senior.
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