With Cade Otton’s selection by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 1st pick in the 4th round he joins Darrell Daniels, Drew Sample, Will Dissly, and Hunter Bryant as Husky tight ends playing professionally. In addition to the current crop of players, Washington has a storied history of NFL tight ends with names like Mark Bruener, Aaron Pierce, and Cam Cleeland, to just name a few.
He projected as a day 2 pick, somewhere in the 3rd-4th round range and he ends up right in that range with the 106th overall selection. After the 2020 season it looked like Otton was a future 2nd rounder but a disappointing last year dealing with COVID, injuries, and a terrible offense dashed those plans.