Junior WR John Ross, who had five 90-plus-yard plays in his Washington career, is expected to declare for the NFL draft. He tallied 17 touchdowns this past season.
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By virtue of Seattle’s win over San Francisco and Detroit’s loss Sunday night to Green Bay, the Seahawks and Lions will meet Saturday in the NFC playoffs at CenturyLink Field.
The Seahawks started slowly and trailed 14-3, but rallied for a 25-23 win that secured the NFC’s No. 3 seed. Seattle will host a playoff game at the Clink next weekend.
Washington took a 7-0 lead over Alabama, but a pair of turnovers jump-started the Crimson Tide on their way to a 24-7 victory Saturday in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
After Tyler Lockett was placed on injured reserve Tuesday followng surgery Saturday on his season-ending broken leg, another player who knows something about health setbacks, Kasen Williams, was promoted by the Seahawks to take Lockett’s place among the wide receivers Sunday for the regular-season finale in San Francisco.
The Seahawks trailed Arizona 31-18 with less three minutes to play, rallied to tie at 31-31, but lost on a 43-yard field goal as time expired to also lose their hold on the NFC’s No. 2 seed.
A day after acquiring midfielder Harry Shipp from Montreal, the Sounders sent allocation money to Houston to acquire forward Will Bruin, who has tallied 50 MLS goals since 2011.
Seeking to bolster their midfield, the Sounders Thursday acquired 25-year-old Harry Shipp from the Montreal Impact in exchange for general allocation money.
The MLS Cup champion Sounders will play their first two 2017 matches on the road. The home opener at CenturyLink field is March 19 against the New York Red Bulls.
Breaking away from a second-half tie at 46, the University of Washington laid an 18-2 blitz on Cal Poly Tuesday night for a 77-61 non-conference win (box) at Hec Ed that included a rare glimpse of the Huskies playing defense.