After each win, coach Jedd Fisch names one player on the Washington Huskies‘ roster “Dawg of the Week.” Following the Huskies’ 31-19 win over UCLA to close out an undefeated season at home, the head coach gave those honors to senior wide receiver Giles Jackson.
“It’s somebody that represents this program on and off the field,” Fisch said when defining the honor early in the season. “Somebody that has done an incredible job at coming in every day and acting like a pro, behaving like a pro, and preparing like a pro. When we talk about it with our guys and when you get that award, it means you’ve done things outside of the game and inside the playing field.”
The efforts of Jackson and the rest of Washington’s senior class boosted the Huskies to bowl eligibility after losing over 40 players from last season’s team that made a run to the national championship, but Jackson was one of the players who stayed and helped Fisch build his program.
He finished the game with a team-high 8 catches for 43 yards in what has been a career year for the sixth-year senior. Jackson’s 68 catches rank No. 2 in the Big Ten, while his 663 receiving yards are good for No. 8 in the conference.
Fisch and wide receivers coach Kevin Cummings have maximized his talents in his final year of eligibility, which could help Jackson make his way onto an NFL roster in the spring.