The UW leans to an SEC veteran quarterback to lead it this season.
Will Rogers followed former Mississippi State teammate Dillon Johnson to the University of Washington football team, in fact claiming Johnson's Husky jersey No. 7. He will follow in the quarterback footsteps of Michael Penix Jr., becoming the UW's second consecutive Southern-bred signal-caller.
"I'm not Michael Penix or anything like that," he said. "I'm not going to be able to make some of the throws and the plays that he made, but I'm my own self."This is one in a series of articles -- going from 0 to 99 on the Husky roster -- examining what each scholarship player and leading walk-on did this past spring and what to expect from them going forward.
Rogers takes over in Montlake after throwing for 12,315 yards and opening 40 of 43 games played for Mississippi State while holding up a 23-17 record as the starter. Also over four seasons, the oft-injured Penix arrived from Indiana with 4,197 yards and 17 starts in 20 outings, going 12-5 as the No. 1 guy.
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