A look at UW Huskies, WSU Cougars in the NFL playoffs

Most eyes in the Pacific Northwest will be fixated on the Seattle Seahawks during the NFL playoffs, but there will also be plenty of former UW Huskies and WSU Cougars to keep tabs on.

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This year’s playoffs don’t feature UW South (the Tampa Bay Buccaneers). Still, a total of 22 players from UW and WSU are on the rosters of this year’s playoff squads.

Here’s a team-by-team look at the UW and WSU products on playoff teams, plus the three EWU Eagles who made it in.

Seattle Seahawks

• Abraham Lucas, OT, WSU
• Cooper Kupp, WR, EWU

Made it look too easy. 🙂‍↔️ TOUCHDOWN.#ProBowlVote + @CooperKupp

📺: @NFLonFOX pic.twitter.com/0hHrB3ERkJ

— xz* – Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) December 7, 2025

Buffalo Bills

• Keleki Latu, TE, UW
• Shaq Thompson, LB, UW
• Taylor Rapp, S, UW (on injured reserve)

Latu learned from the best, @JoshAllenQB. 😁#BUFvsTB on @nflplus pic.twitter.com/upnxgn75YO

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) August 24, 2025

Carolina Panthers

• Chau Smith-Wade, CB, WSU

Took it CHAU the way to the house

📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/te3OJISzta

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 21, 2025

Chicago Bears

• Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, DL, UW
• Kyler Gordon, CB, UW (designated to return to practice from injured reserve)
• Rome Odunze, WR, UW

Rome Odunze has a TD in each of the Bears' first four games this season 🐻

CHIvsLV on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXnxV pic.twitter.com/58d8yaLaqZ

— NFL (@NFL) September 28, 2025

Denver Broncos

• Luke Wattenberg, C, UW (on injured reserve)

Green Bay Packers

• None

Houston Texans

• Myles Bryant, CB, UW

Jacksonville Jaguars

• Keith Taylor, CB, UW

Los Angeles Chargers

• Daiyan Henley, LB, WSU
• Elijah Molden, CB, UW
• Will Dissly, TE, UW

What an INT by Daiyan Henley!

LACvsKC on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/qyp5jYJbVF

— NFL (@NFL) December 14, 2025

Los Angeles Rams

• Cam Lampkin, CB, WSU (on practice squad)
• Coleman Shelton, C, UW

New England Patriots

• Efton Chism III, WR, EWU
• Jack Westover, TE, UW
• Kyle Williams, WR, WSU

Efton Chism III's first NFL TD!

Drake Maye has 5 TD passes today.

NEvsNYJ on FOX/FOX Onehttps://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/cUlWp5ZPDD

— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2025

Philadelphia Eagles

• None

Pittsburgh Steelers

• Carson Bruener, LB, UW
• Daniel Ekuale, DT, WSU (on injured reserve)
• Troy Fautanu, OT, UW

San Francisco 49ers

• Kendrick Bourne, WR, EWU
• Sebastian Valdez, DT, UW (on practice squad)

Kendrick was Bourne to make plays!

56-yard catch and run 😤

SFvsTB on CBS/Paramount+https://t.co/HkKw7uXVnt pic.twitter.com/uQr1eFrarz

— NFL (@NFL) October 12, 2025

Note: Only players whose college playing careers finished at UW, WSU or EWU were included in this post. 

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