On Wednesday, special teams coordinator Eric Schmidt stated that the coaching staff is "leaning towards" Grady Gross as the choice to be Washington's next kicker.
As the University of Washington football team looks for a new foot this season, for someone to pull on the main kicking shoe, the Huskies have been trying on a size GG to see how it fits.
Where will the Huskies turn in the post Peyton Henry era? The Spring Position Breakdowns make their final stop at a vitally important group of personnel: special teams!
They had to pull Peyton Henry from the University of Washington football team kicking and screaming. OK, just kicking, but he's long gone. His college eligibility, pandemic provisions and all, finally caught up to Henry, pushing him out in the real world after six long seasons as part of the Husky program, five as the No.
Peyton Henry was part of the University of Washington football team for so long, he kicked during three of Chris Petersen's six seasons as head coach. A Danville, California, native, he kicked throughout Jimmy Lake's not quite two full seasons as the Husky sideline leader.
So what's an Oregon upset win on the road worth on the open market? The Pac-12 determined on Monday it was three player of the week awards and handed them to University of Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr., center Corey Luciano and place-kicker Peyton Henry.
EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Washington football team offers an overabundance of offense at all times. No one has stopped these Huskies yet this season.
Peyton Henry provided the winning points with a 43-yard field goal as No. 25 Washington upset No. 6 Oregon 37-34 in a back-and-forth game Saturday night in Eugene, Ore.
Washington did just enough to end Oregon’s 23-game home winning streak and derail their CFP dreams Washington played conservatively early going for a pair of field goals in the red zone in the first half.
Peyton Henry kicked a 22-yard field goal with eight seconds left Friday night as Washington edged No. 23 Oregon State 24-21 in Seattle. The Huskies (7-2, 4-2 Pac-12) marched 92 yards in 18 plays and 4:25 on their final drive.
Peyton Henry’s field goal in the final seconds propelled UW to 7-2. On a windy evening in Husky Stadium, Washington gutted out a 24-21 win over Oregon State that wasn’t always pretty nor it was it ever easy.
Peyton Henry, almost a forgotten man as the University of Washington rolled out its high-powered offense, reintroduced himself to everyone in a big way on Saturday night against Stanford. The sixth-year senior kicked four field goals in as many tries in the Huskies' 40-22 victory, a performance earning him Pac-12 Special-Teams Player of the Week.
Is the era of giving a HS kicker a scholarship going the way of the dodo? And should it be? Washington’s special teams will have a new look when we get to the 2023 season.
Peyton Henry has appeared in more University of Washington football games than any other player on the roster, all 43 outings held over the past four seasons.
Grady Gross will do it the way that Chuck Nelson, Jeff Jaeger and Peyton Henry begin their University of Washington football careers — as a walk-on kicker.
Kicker Tim Horn, one of the disconnects of the Jimmy Lake coaching tenure at Washington, is visiting Rice this weekend while he looks for a new place to launch field goals, extra points and kickoffs.
For eight weeks, the Pac-12 singled out football players across the conference and honored them for their superlative play. Six categories and 48 award-winners.
Three days after his coach said he was redshirting, University of Washington back-up kicker Tim Horn veered from those plans and entered the transfer portal.
Peyton Henry kicked with the wrong foot. The University of Washington football player was that rare lefty off the tee. As a walk-on redshirt freshman, he suffered a crushing setback when he missed a chip-shot field goal from 38 yards to beat Oregon at the end of regulation, leading to a difficult overtime defeat in Eugene.
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