2023 Football Roster

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Washington Athletics
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9 Michael Penix Jr.

  • Position
    Quarterback
  • Ht./Wt.
    6-3 / 213
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Tampa, Fla.
  • High School
    Tampa Bay Tech
  • Prev School
    Indiana
  • Instagram
    themp9
  • Twitter
    themikepenix

Biography

15535
 AT WASHINGTON

2023 Maxwell Award Winner
2023 Heisman Trophy Finalist

2023 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Finalist
2023 Davey O'Brien Award Finalist

2023 All-America First Team (Walter Camp)
2023 All-America Second Team (AP, FWAA, CBS Sports, The Athletic)

2023 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2023 Midseason All-America First Team (AP, The Athletic)
2023 Manning Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Walter Camp Award Preseason Watch List

2023 Davey O'Brien Preseason Watch List
2023 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List

2023 Preseason All-America Second Team (Phil Steele)
2023 Preseason All-America Third Team (Athlon)

2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Pac-12, Athlon, PFF, Phil Steele)
2022 Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year
2022 All-America Third Team (
Pro Football Network)

2022 All-America Honorable Mention (Pro Football Focus, Phil Steele)
2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team
2022 All-Pac-12 Second Team (Associated Press, Phil Steele)
2022 Manning Award Finalist
2022 Davey O'Brien Award Semifinalist
2022 PFF All-Pac-12 Second Team

2022 Pro Football Network All-Pac-12 Second Team
2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2023: Won the Maxwell Award as the nation's outstanding player ... finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting, highest ever for a Husky ... Walter Camp first-team All-America ... started all 15 games at quarterback ... broke his own school record (set in 2022) with 4,903 passing yards, second most in Pac-12 history ... led the nation in passing yards, and passing yards per game, for the second year in a row ... named one of four team captains, in a vote by his teammates ... has led the nation in passing yards all season ... named to the All-Pac-12 second team ... had a great season debut, completing 29-of-40 for 450 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions in the win over Boise State ... five TDs were a UW high and tied for third most in UW single-game history ... 450 yards were his third-highest total as a Husky, and good for the fourth-most in school history ... completed 11 passes of 20 or more yards vs. the Broncos ... 28-for-38 for 409 yards (ninth-most in UW history, as of that week) with three touchdowns and an interception in the Tulsa win ... 27-for-35 for 473 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the UW win at Michigan State ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and Walter Camp Player of the Week following the MSU win ... also made the Davey O'Brien Great 8 and a Manning Award Star of the Week after the trip to East Lansing ... only needed play roughly two quarters in the win over California, but still compiled 304 yards and four touchdowns on 19-for-25 passing, with one interception ... in the win at Arizona, completed 30-of-40 passes for 363 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions ... led UW to a come-from-behind win over No. 8 Oregon, completing 22-of-37 for 302 yards, one interception and four touchdown passes, including an 18-yard game-winner to Rome Odunze with 1:38 left in the game ... 27-for-42 for 275 yards, with two interceptions and no touchdowns, in the win over Arizona State ... 21-for-38 for 369 yards, four touchdown passes and one interception in the win at Stanford ... led UW to a win at No. 22 USC, completing 22-of-30 for 256 yards, two touchdowns and one interception ... also scored his first rushing TD of the year vs. the Trojans ... in Washington's win over No. 13 Utah, went 24-for-42 for 332 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions, earning his coaches' offensive skill player of the week honor ... led UW to a win at No. 10 Oregon State, passing for two touchdowns while rushing for another ... 18-for-33 for 204 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in the win over Washington State ... named MVP of the Pac-12 Championship Game, leading UW to a win over No. 5 Oregon ... 27-for-39 for 319 yards, one touchdown and one interception vs. the Ducks ... posted one of the great quarterbacking performances in CFP history in the semifinal, vs. No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl, completing 29-for-38 for 430 yards and two touchdowns, with 31 rushing yards on three carries ... named MVP of the Sugar Bowl ... 27-for-51 for 255 yareds, one touchdown and two interceptions in the CFP Championship Game vs. No. 1 Michigan ... won Offensive Most Valuable Player at the team's postseason awards banquet.

2022: Started all 13 games in his first year at UW ... finished the 2022 season as the No. 1 passer in NCAA-FBS as the nation's leader in passing yards per game (357.0) ... second in passing yards, with 4,641, a new UW single-season record ... broke Cody Pickett's 20-year old record for passing yards ... also No. 1 in FBS in total offense and third in completions per game in the final rankings ... only the second Husky ever to surpass 4,000 yards in a season ... finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting ... suffered just five sacks all season ... also broke UW, single-season school records for total offense, total offense per game and total offense per play ... joined the UW roster prior to spring football practice in 2022 ... voted a team captain ... started the season opener against Kent State, completing 26-of-39 passes for 345 yards, no interceptions and four touchdowns ... also ran for 27 yards on four carries ... four TD passes vs. Kent State tied for seventh-most in UW single-game history ... 20-for-27 for 337 yards, one interception and two touchdowns in the win over Portland State ... 84-yard TD pass to Jalen McMillan vs. PSU was tied for seventh-longest pass in UW history ... 24-for-40 for 397 yards, no interceptions and four touchdowns in the win over No. 11 Michigan State ... 397 yards were eighth-most in UW history while his four TD passes -- which matched his total vs. Kent State -- tied for seventh ... named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week following win over the Spartans ... also won weekly honors from the Manning Award and Davey O'Brien Award ... 22-for-37 for 309 yards, no interceptions and two touchdowns in the win over Stanford ... 33-for-48 for 345 yards, two interceptions and four touchdowns, at UCLA ... threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game on Oct. 5 ... 33-for-53 for 311 yards, one interception and no touchdowns, at Arizona State, where he rushed for a score ... first Husky since Cody Pickett (2002) to pass for 300 yards in six straight games ... 53 pass attempts were ninth-most in UW single-season history ... shattered the UW single-game passing yards record with 516 in the win over Arizona ... completed 36-of-44 passes, with four touchdown passes and no interceptions, while also rushing for 13 yards and a TD on three carries vs. the Wildcats ... his 36 completions were also a school record, as were his 529 yards of total offense ... named one of the Davey O'Brien Award and Manning Award players of the week following the Arizona game ... once again made the Davey O'Brien weekly honors list after the win at California, where he tied his week-old record for completions, going 36-for-51 for 374 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions ... 30-for-52 for 298 yards, one touchdown and one interception vs. Oregon State ... fell just two yards short of his ninth straight 300-yard passing game, but still set a new school record with eight in a row ... completed 26-of-35 for 408 yards, two touchdowns and one interception to lead Washington to a 37-34 win at No. 8 Oregon ... threw TD passes of 76 and 62 yards ... just the third Husky ever to throw two TD passes of 60 or more yards in the same game ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after the win over the Ducks ... also made Pro Football Focus' team of the week and was one of the Manning Award's weekly honorees ... 19-for-31 for 229 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions in Washington's 54-7 win over Colorado ... led Washington to a thrilling, 51-33 win over Washington State in the Apple Cup, passing for 484 yards, the second-highest passing yards total in UW history, behind only his 516 earlier in the season vs. Arizona ... 25-for-43 for 484 yards, three touchdowns and one interception at WSU, while also rushing twice for 34 yards – two touchdowns of 30 and 4 yards ... threw TD passes of 27, 46 and 75 yards in Pullman, with the third of those coming on the first play of the second half ... named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week following the Apple Cup ... also named to the Manning Award's player of the week ... named Valero Alamo Bowl Offensive MVP after leading the Huskies to their 11th win ... as 32-for-54 for 287 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, in the win over Texas ... won the UW coaches' offensive skill player of the week eight times in 13 games in 2022 ... named the Offensive Most Valuable Player at the team's postseason awards banquet, where he also shared the Apple Cup Play of the Game Award, alongside Jalen McMillan, for their 75-yard touchdown pass at WSU ... one of five finalists for the 2022 Seattle Sports Star of the Year.

 
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 AT INDIANA & HIGH SCHOOL

Spent the 2018 through 2021 seasons as a quarterback at Indiana, where he played in a total of 20 games over four seasons ... team captain in 2020 and 2021 ... went 12-5 as a starting QB ... over four years, completed 342-of-576 passes for 4,197 yards, 29 touchdowns and 15 interceptions ... also rushed for six TDs ... top seasons was the shortened 2020 campaign, when he earned second-team All-Big Ten and was named the team MVP ... started six of IU's eight games in 2020, completing 124-of-220 for 1,645 yards, 14 TDs and four interceptions ... a Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist in 2020 ... as a RS-junior in 2021, started the first five games prior to a season-ending injury, completing 87-of-162 passes for 939 yards ... prior to injury, led the Big Ten in passing yardage, yards per game, passing TDs, completions and attempts ... as a redshirt freshman in 2019 (under offensive coordinator and QBs coach Kalen DeBoer), started six games, completing 110-of-160 attempts for 1,394 yards, 10 TDs and four interceptions ... also played in three games as a true freshman (thus retaining a year of eligibility) ... 21-for-34 for 219 yards, one TD and no picks over those three games ... played QB at Tampa Bay Technical HIgh School, where he threw 61 touchdowns and just six interceptions in 24 games (two seasons) as a starter ... also rushed for 16 TDs ... Hillsborough County Player of the Year as a senior ... passed for 2,165 yards, 30 TDs and five INTs as a senior, when he also had 449 rushing yards (on just 37 carries) and 10 rushing TDs ... as a junior, named to the Tampa Bay Times All-Hillsborough County team ... 2,078 yards, 31 touchdowns and just one interception as a junior ... also played baseball and ran track (jumps, sprints) ... played for coach Jayson Roberts at Tampa Bay Tech.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022Junior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 213 lbs
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    2023Senior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 213 lbs
    9