The Washington Huskies football team will be entering the 2026 season with a hefty amount of expectations after a 9-4 campaign in 2025 that saw returning junior quarterback Demond Williams led the Big Ten in total yards (3,676).

While the current Huskies will be looking to exceed that mark and get back into College Football Playoff contention, one of the program's best players of the last 40 years will have an opportunity to be enshrined in college football immortality.

One of Washington's current coaches, who's looking to help the current UW squad make an impact, will be up for the same honor.

The National Football Foundation revealed the 80 former players and coaches up for induction in the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame induction class.

Among the list was former Huskies running back Greg Lewis.

Another candidate for induction is current Washington senior offensive assistant and former Pittsburgh Panthers quarterback Matt Cavanaugh.

Lewis played college football for the Huskies for four seasons from 1987-1990. He became a full-time starter his junior year and was one of the best running backs in the country his final two seasons in college.

From '89-90, Lewis ran 468 times for 2,379 yards (5.1 yards per carry) and 18 touchdowns. He also caught 65 passes for 695 yards and two touchdowns in that stretch.

Lewis was named first-team All-Pac 10, the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and a first-team All-American his final college season. He was the inaugural recipient of the Doak Walker Award, which is given to the nation's most outstanding running back. The award has been active since Lewis first won it in '90. He remains the only UW player to win the award. He finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting in '90.

Cavanaugh quarterbacked Pittsburgh from 1974-77. He was the team's starter for his final three seasons in college.

The current UW offensive assistant finished his collegiate career having completed 56% of his passes for 2,799 yards, 26 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting his final year in '77.

During his three years as a starter, Cavanaugh led the Panthers to a national championship in '76, and was named a first-team All-American and the Sugar Bowl MVP in '77. The championship team Cavanaugh was under center for is the last claimed national title for Pittsburgh and was the first for the program since 1937.

Cavanaugh was hired by UW as a senior offensive assistant this offseason.

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