All Time Husky Football Team - Safety

by John Berkowitz on Feb 5, 2009 8:17 AM PST

At cornerback you guys went with Dana Hall, Nesby Glasgow, Walter Bailey, Charles Mincy, Ray Horton, and JC Pearson.

I think they are all pretty good picks but I voted for Cal Jones, Nesby Glasgow, Ray Horton, Mark Lee. If I had to add to more I would go with Dana Hall, and Charles Mincy.

I remember that when they recruited Mincy his JC coach said water cover 3/4 of the earth. Charles Mincy covers the rest.

Who are the Best Safeties in Washington Football History?

Cornerback was hard wasn't it? Safety isn't either with names from the past like Tommie Smith, Tim Peoples, Jim Rodgers, Chris O'Connor, and Sahne Pahukoa just to name a few.

Vote for your four favorite players and the polls will be open 24 hours before we move on to the next selection.

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All-time Safeties

I think you need to add Billy Cahill to your list.

by 3007Webster on Feb 5, 2009 11:04 AM PST reply actions

Wild Bill

I thought about it and I guess I could have but I didn’t.

You will see Billy pop up in another category where he has a better chance to win.

You can write Bill in if you like under other.

by John Berkowitz on Feb 5, 2009 11:24 AM PST reply actions

Another tough one. I went with Milloy, Parrish, Pahuakoa and Rogers.

by kirkd on Feb 5, 2009 11:47 AM PST reply actions

Great picks Kirk

Tough to keep Peoples out of the top four isn’t it?

by John Berkowitz on Feb 5, 2009 12:24 PM PST reply actions

Not just Peoples, but Smith, Burkhalter (people forget he was our first early entry NFL guy), Newsome, Albritton…

This whole exercise just reminds me of how good we had it as Husky fans during the DJ years.

by kirkd on Feb 5, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions

Eugene the hitting machine Burkhalter

He was a big time recruit that played well while he was at Washington. I always felt leaving early hurt him.

by John Berkowitz on Feb 5, 2009 1:38 PM PST reply actions

was really the one guy I felt who left early that another year would have helped him immensely. His very short pro career I think reflected that. Still, he had a real tough growing up environment and really needed the $$.

by prrbrr on Feb 5, 2009 3:16 PM PST reply actions

Greg Caruthers Should be Mentioned

Caruthers was one of the hardest hitting safeties we’ve ever had and should be on the list. Now my vote would not got to him. I voted for Milloy, Parish, and Akbar (in that order). I would argue that Caruthers could hit just as hard as these guys.

All I saw was purple

by crazidawg on Feb 5, 2009 7:46 PM PST reply actions

Carothers was definitely a hard hitter, but not so great (relatively speaking) in coverage. I thought he might be the next great Husky S when he was a Fr., but he never developed as well as I’d hoped at the position.

by kirkd on Feb 5, 2009 8:28 PM PST up reply actions