#44
Here are the accolades of the greats to wear #44.
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Clay Brown – Class of 1978 – Mount Baker – RB
All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1977) 152 carries – 926 yards – 9 touchdowns 1 reception - 4 yards
Mike Hill – Class of 1979 – Lynden – RB/LB
All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1977) All-League 2nd Team Linebacker (1978)
223 carries – 872 yards – 9 touchdowns
Pat Wilson – Class of 1979 – Meridian – WR/DB
All-League 2nd Team Defensive Back (1978) All-League 2nd Team Defensive Back (1977)
9 receptions – 246 yards – 2 touchdowns
Tony Bladies – Class of 1980 – Blaine – RB/DE
All-League Offensive Player of the Year (1979) All-League 1st Team Running Back (1979) All-League 1st Team Defensive Line (1979) All-League 1st Team Defensive Line (1978) All-League 1st Team Defensive Line (1977)
311 carries – 1549 yards – 20 touchdowns 9 receptions – 109 yards – 1 touchdown 1 defensive touchdown
Rick Holt – Class of 1981 – Lynden – RB/LB
All-League Defensive Player of the Year (1980) All-League Defensive Player of the Year (1979) All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1980) All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1979)
192 carries – 728 yards – 8 touchdowns 20 receptions – 260 yards – 2 touchdowns 1-of-2 passing – 16 yards
Jim Van Diest – Class of 1982 – Nooksack Valley – RB/LB
All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1981)
219 carries – 817 yards – 8 touchdowns 9 receptions – 67 yards
Dave Cowin – Class of 1983 – Lynden – RB/LB
USA Today All-American Honorable Mention Linebacker (1982) All-State 1st Team Linebacker (1982) All-League Defensive Player of the Year (1982) All-League 1st Team Running Back (1982) All-League 1st Team Running Back (1981) All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1982)
335 carries – 1688 yards – 19 touchdowns 17 receptions – 201 yards – 2 touchdowns
Kevin Cronk – Class of 1983 – Mount Baker – RB/LB
All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1982) All-League 2nd Team Linebacker (1982)
127 carries – 665 yards – 6 touchdowns 7 receptions – 117 yards
Chris Cerny – Class of 1985 – Ferndale – TE/LB
Northwest League Defensive Player of the Year (1984) All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1984)
5 receptions – 131 yards – 3 touchdowns 1 carry - 1 yard
Lance Dawson – Class of 1990 – Ferndale – RB
All-League 1st Team Running Back (1988) All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1989)
281 carries – 2232 yards – 17 touchdowns
Jeff Smith – Class of 1990 – Sehome – RB/DB
All-League 2nd Team Defensive Back (1988) All-League Honorable Mention Defensive Back (1989) 85 carries – 618 yards – 7 touchdowns 5 receptions - 28 yards
Aaron Butcher – Class of 1991 – Blaine – RB
All-League 1st Team Running Back (1990)
227 carries – 1192 yards – 8 touchdowns 6 receptions – 49 yards 2 kick returns for a touchdown
Chris Fowler – Class of 1993 – Bellingham – RB
All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1992)
199 carries – 1045 yards – 9 touchdowns 11 receptions - 91 yards
Scott McKeever – Class of 1995 – Mount Baker – RB/DB
All-League 1st Team Running Back (1994) All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1993) All-League 2nd Team Running Back (1992)
354 carries – 1776 yards – 15 touchdowns 11 receptions – 85 yards 1-of-1 passing – 12 yards 2 kick returns for touchdowns 1 extra point kicked
Tory Pazaski – Class of 1996 – Sehome – RB/LB
All-League 2nd Team Linebacker (1995) All-League 2nd Team Linebacker (1994)
56 carries – 265 yards – 5 touchdowns
Matthias Wilson – Class of 1998 – Ferndale – RB
All-Classifications State Player of the Year (1997) Class “3A” State Player of the Year (1997) All-State 1st Team Running Back (1997) All-League 1st Team Running Back (1997) All-League 1st Team Running Back (1996)
546 carries – 4321 yards – 35 touchdowns 3 receptions – 21 yards – 1 touchdown
Jarrod Karuza – Class of 2000 – Meridian – TE/LB
All-League 1st Team Tight End (1999) All-League 1st Team Linebacker (1999) All-League 2nd Team Tight End (1998)
51 receptions – 911 yards – 18 touchdowns
Darrell Visser – Class of 2002 – Lynden – WR/TE/DB
All-State 1st Team Wide Receiver (2001) All-State 1st Team Defensive Back (2001) All-League 1st Team Wide Receiver (2001) All-League 1st Team Defensive Back (2001) All-League Honorable Mention Tight End (2000)
34 receptions – 609 yards – 4 touchdowns
Matt Karuza – Class of 2005 – Meridian – WR/DB/K/P
All-State 2nd Team Wide Receiver (2004) All-League 1st Team Wide Receiver (2004) All-League 1st Team Defensive Back (2004) All-League 1st Team Kicker (2004) All-League 1st Team Kicker (2003) All-League 1st Team Punter (2004)
57 receptions – 730 yards – 5 touchdowns 4 carries – 27 yards 1-of-1 passing – 19 yards 94 extra points – 2 field goal kicked
Gage Robinson – Class of 2010 – Mount Baker – TE/LB
All-League 2nd Team Tight End (2007) All-League Honorable Mention Tight End (2008) All-League Honorable Mention Linebacker (2007)
60 receptions – 767 yards – 5 touchdowns 40 carries – 184 yards – 3 touchdowns 1-of-4 passing – 12 yards
Mario Gobbato – Class of 2013 – Blaine – RB/LB
All-State 1st Team Running Back (2012) All-State 1st Team Running Back (2011) All-League Player of the Year (2012) All-League 1st Team Running Back (2012) All-League 1st Team Running Back (2011)
790 carries – 6118 yards – 78 touchdowns
Izaiha Schwinden – Class of 2014 – Mount Baker – RB/DB
All-State 1st Team Defensive Back (2013) All-State 2nd Team Running Back (2013) All-League 1st Team Running Back (2013) All-League 1st Team Defensive Back (2013)
285 carries – 2319 yards – 34 touchdowns 25 receptions – 351 yards – 5 touchdowns 1 defensive touchdown
Colton Kautz – Class of 2017 – Nooksack Valley – RB/LB/K/P
All-League 1st Team Punter (2015)
165 carries – 957 yards – 15 touchdowns 35 receptions – 716 yards – 10 touchdowns 1-of-1 passing - 29 yards 12 extra points kicked
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