Husky Duo Continues Climb Up All-Time Receiving List

With a prolific start to the season, University of Washington pass-catchers Rome Odunze and Jalen McMillian continued their climb up the Husky record book in receiving.

Odunze recorded consecutive 100-yard receiving games for the fourth time in his career against Tulsa and Boise State. With another strong performance on Saturday, the junior from Las Vegas moved up to No. 14 all-time in career receiving yards with 1,868 yards.

Odunze surpassed former Huskies Charles Fredrick (1,735 yards) and Lonzell Hall (1,766 yards) following the seventh 100-yard game of his four-year career.

McMillan notched his fifth career 100-yard game, elevating him to No. 15 on the all-time receiving yards list with 1,799 yards, He had an 8-catch, 120-yard performance against Tulsa.

The junior from Fresno also provided a receiving touchdown in his fifth consecutive game dating back to week 11 against Colorado last season.

With his 9-yard touchdown reception against the Golden Hurricane, McMillan moves into a three-way tie with Kasen Williams and Paul Skansi for No. 11 all-time in Husky touchdown receptions with 15.

The current Husky duo also supplied the 10th game in which a pair of Huskies had 100-yard outings on the same day. McMillan, with his 120 yards, and Odunze ,with 107 yards, did this for they second time. They each had 100-yard receiving games against Washington State in last season's Apple Cup.

Bernard Ready to Break One

On the opening kickoff on Saturday, Tulsa kicked the ball out of bounds and drew a penalty, putting the UW on its 35-yard line. Considering that Germie Bernard was the UW returner, that probably was a wise move.

The week before, Bernard, the Michigan State transfer. showed why when he returned the first kickoff of the season against Boise State for 51 yards to the Broncos’ 49-yard line.

He's determined to find the end zone fairly soon with one of his returns.

“Each week I go into the game thinking that I’m going to break one,” Bernard said. “I just keep that mindset going into each week, because I know it’s going to happen one of these games.”

UW Offensive Line Grades High

Although the opponents haven’t been the same caliber that Washington will face in Pac-12 play, it’s clear through the first two games against Boise State and Tulsa that this offensive line unit could be one of the most effective in college football.

Pro Football Focus graded the Huskies’ offensive line as the No. 1 unit in pass protection at 98.0, 6.5 points higher than any other school.

The UW is the only school to have three offensive linemen graded in the top 16 nationally in pass protection, topped by left tackle Troy Fautanu, who is No. 5 individually with a 90.7 grade, according to PFF.

Husky right guard Parker Brailsford tied with Boston College senior Kyle Hergel for No. 14 with an 89.3 blocking grade and UW left guard Julius Buelow is slightly below them in a three-way tie at No. 16 with an 88.9 pass grade.

Right tackle Roger Rosengarten graded out with a 87.8 pass-blocking grade, giving the UW four of the six-highest graded linemen through two games, according to PFF.

The problem for UW remains run blocking: no Husky linemen graded in the top 30 in the conference after two weeks.

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