ALL CONFERENCE TIGHT END
CADE OTTON
BY BOB SHERWIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
C
ade Otton, the Washington Huskies’ highly-celebrated
tight end, had the opportunity to enter the 2021 NFL Draft but decided to return to Montlake for one more season. That’s a road not often taken by a fifth-year junior, especially when taking it with your spouse – Otton married longtime sweetheart Sierra Snyder in January. “It’s such a blessing to be married,” says Cade, the only married player on the team. “We’d been together for a long time, and we were ready.” The two met as 12-year-olds in their tight community of Tumwater, and stayed close thereafter. “A window of opportunity opened, and we decided to go for it,” says Otton. He also wanted to go for it with the Huskies, having been short-changed to just four games last season by Covid-19 restrictions. He believes he can get better as a player and that the Huskies can get better as a team. And he knows life will be better with Sierra. “She helps me a lot with football stuff,” he says. “She studies plays a lot, and watches all the tapes, off my shoulder. She’s awesome that way.” If the Huskies perform as they hope to this season, Sierra might just end up a Pac-12 championship trophy wife. Here are 10 questions for the 6-foot-5, 245-pound 2020 All-Pac-12 first-team selection.
PAGE 20
GoHUSKIES
