Pac 10 (12) Players at the NFL Combine

Oregon State defensive tackle Stephen Paea proved his unbelievable strength. He set an NFL combine record with 49 reps at 225 pounds on the bench press. Yikes. He is an absolute animal.

Washington Huskies QB Jake Locker had a solid combine, with a nice 40 time.

Colorado Buffalos OL Nate Solder had a nice day as well, showing expolsiveness.

California's Shane Vereen had a monster day, running the 40 in 4.48, posting a 34-inch vertical jump and putting up 25 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press

Jake Locker, Where Will He Go?

Many experts thought that if Jake Locker had declared for the NFL Draft last season, he would have been a Top 5 pick and challenged for the #1 slot with Sam Bradford. However, Locker returned for his senior season with the Washington Huskies. He had a pretty decent senior season but more questions were raised about his play. He is considered somewhere in the 2-5 best quarterback in the draft. It really depends on what the team thinks of him, in my opinion. So, I'm asking all the fans out there, where will Jake Locker go in the NFL draft?

Team South 24, Team North 10

Team South defeated Team North by a score of 24 to 10 in the Senior Bowl. The game was played in Mobile, Alabama. Team South built a 17-0 lead by halftime thanks to Florida State's Christian Ponder's two touchdowns. Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Locker was 6 of 10 for 98 yards. Leonard Hankerson was named the South's offensive MVP, with 5 catches for 100 yards and a touchdown. He played at Miami, Florida. Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller took home Defensive MVP honors.

Washington Huskies Shock Nebraska Cornhuskers

The Washington Huskies defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 19-7 in the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl Thursday night. It was the Washington Huskies first Bowl victory since 2002. It was a great victory for the program and allowed quarterback Jake Locker to leave on a high note. The Washington Huskies finish the season 7-6, and it was just in 2008 that they finished 0-12. Congratulations to the Washington Huskies!

Jake Locker and Andrew Luck Heisman Hopefuls

Washington Huskies quarterback Jake Locker likely would have been a Top 10 NFL pick had he opted to go pro this year. However, he returned for his senior season and has his sights set on the Heisman Trophy. Fellow Pac-10 quarterback Andrew Luck of Stanford has been rising up on the NFL draft boards for next season and has those same goals for a Heisman Trophy. If either player were to win the coveted Heisman, there respected teams would have to be in contention for the BCS National Championship or at least a BSC Bowl bid. It will be interesting to see if either quarterback can capture the Heisman Trophy.

Jake Locker back with the Huskies

This past December, Jake Locker had made the decision to put his NFL career on hold to finish out his four years with the Washington Huskies. These past couple of weeks, Locker would have begun practice with his NFL team but is instead battling out the sweat and pain with this alma mater one last time. Jake Locker is completely content with his decision, knowing that he can have his cake and eat it too. The college experience is very important to him and the NFL can wait twelve more months without him. The Huskies Head Coach is in complete agreement with his star player and is happy to have him return to the team. Locker is assumed to still be the No. 1 pick for the 2011 NFL Draft so there’s no worries.

Washington Huskies fans cheer for the return of their hometown QB

After a winless season in 2008, the Washington Huskies fans needed some good news before any of them were going to be able to pull on a purple and gold Huskies jersey and cheer for the dogs. Ask and the fans shall receive, hometown golden boy Jake Locker the standout quarterback that was sidelined last season after arm surgery is back and seems to be better than ever.

In his freshman season, Jake Locker was praised as one of the best throwing arms in the Pacific Ten Conference, he was named Pac-10 freshman of the year 2007 and was a Rivals.com Freshman All-American. He completed his first season on the Washington Huskies roster with 3,048 yards of total offense and what looked to be the start of a great career. Then he was injured and had to miss almost all of the 2008 season, and many fans held their breath in fear he would not return in order to protect his arm for his budding baseball career.

Huskies fans can let their breath out, not only will Jake Locker be returning to the Huskies football roster, the Los Angeles Angels selected the superstar in the 10th round of the MLB draft. One observer reported that in preseason spring ball, not only did Jake Locker look good he was also passing with more accuracy than he did freshman year. So although most Huskies fans got rid of anything that tied them to U-Dub, maybe it is time to dig out the purple and gold and get back in the cheer section for the UW Huskies because with Jake back anything is possible!