- Eason took the first snaps with the starters and completed a series of short passes, but failed to consistently move the offense.
- Haener started hot before completing just 1 of 3 passes in his second series. The final incompletion could have been costly; after being pressured in the pocket, Haener flipped a lofting pass over the head of a leaping Andre Baccellia. Myles Bryant was headed full speed for Baccellia, and in a contact situation he might have knocked the senior wide receiver out of the Dempsey entirely and directly into Lake Washington.
- Dylan Morris was the most impressive QB. The early enrollee was accurate both inside and out of the pocket; most notably, he found fellow freshman Puka Nacua down the sideline for a roughly 30-yard gain. Nacua dived to haul in the pass and dragged his feet in bounds in front of defensive back Devin Bush.
- Jacob Sirmon’s performance was inconsistent, and he had the only turnover.
- Running backs Salvon Ahmed and Sean McGrew each received starting reps.
- Aaron Fuller and Andre Baccellia lined up alongside tight ends Hunter Bryant and Cade Otton with the starters. Wide receivers Quinten Pounds and Ty Jones were the first to work in behind them.
- 1st string OL stayed the same. As they had through the first three practices, senior Henry Roberts and redshirt freshman Matteo Mele alternated between center and left tackle with the second team. They were accompanied by left guard M.J. Ale, right guard Victor Curne and right tackle Henry Bainivalu.
- 1st string DL were John Clark and redshirt freshman Tuli Letuligasenoa, followed by junior Levi Onwuzurike and senior Benning Potoa’e.
- The starting ILB were seniors Brandon Wellington and *redacted*, followed by redshirt freshmen Jackson Sirmon and M.J. Tafisi. The first-team OLB were junior Ryan Bowman and sophomore Joe Tryon.
- The starting secondary has been a constant thus far in fall camp: cornerbacks Keith Taylor and Kyler Gordon, nickelback Elijah Molden and safeties Myles Bryant and Cameron Williams.
- Freshman outside linebacker Laiatu Latu continues to impress. The mammoth 6-4, 275-pound pass-rusher notched the Huskies’ only sack of the day, collapsing the pocket to tag Eason and end the junior quarterback’s final scrimmage series.
- Bad snaps continue to be a problem early in camp. Henry Roberts and Will Pliska added two more on Monday.
- After alternating between defensive line and outside linebacker throughout the spring, it appears that Benning Potoa’e — who now registers at 6-3 and 290 pounds — has found a home on the line. He certainly appears to have added the necessary strength to stick at the position.
- Jacob Kizer (back), sophomore offensive lineman Cole Norgaard (ankle) and freshman offensive lineman Troy Fautanu (foot) continue to be out, but all three attended practice.
- Freshman safety Asa Turner made a nice play on Monday, streaking to the sideline to break up a long pass from Dylan Morris intended for wide receiver Fatu Sua-Godinet.
- The defense came up with four interceptions, only three of which counted as one involved pass interference, while the offense had several big plays but only one touchdown.
- The quarterback competition continues, but Jacob Eason sure looks like he's feeling much more comfortable at the controls of the offense, stepping up deftly to avoid the rush, hitting quick passes to receivers and finding open players on his check-downs. Eason found Jordan Chin down the near sideline with a perfectly placed pass that allowed Chin to go up in the air over the corner in coverage
- Ty Jones' reputation during his first two seasons with the Dawgs was that he was a big receiver who plays small. This fall he has been starting to take the next step, and on Tuesday, he went up and make some nice catches with players draped on him and he even broke off a route and got open for Eason as the quarterback scrambled to get away from the pass rush. He also high pointed a ball from Haener in the middle of three defenders.
- Jake Haener had the play of the day, finding Westover in the back of the endzone and made a couple of nice throws that resulted in first downs. Haener was intercepted in 7v7 work by Kyler Gordon who made a nice break on a pass, but otherwise, he had a solid day.
- Jacob Sirmon and Dylan Morris each had some nice throws and both seemed to have some success between the 20s, but once they got into the redzone, they struggled. Morris did find Puka Nacua across the middle for a nice catch with Mishael Powell draped all over him.
- Salvon Ahmed had a big run in one of the final full team sessions, making a defensive tackle miss in the backfield and then bursting to his left down the sidelines for a 30-yard run.
- Two other players worth mentioning are tight end Hunter Bryant and receiver Chico McClatcher. Both have been the most consistent playmakers for the Husky offense in the first week of camp and each were consistent in getting open and making plays down the field on Tuesday.
- Near the end of practice, Laiatu Latu and redshirt freshman Zion Tupuola-Fetui were both in as the edge players with the first unit, playing alongside Josiah Bronson and Levi Onwuzurike along the defensive front.
- Latu definitely looks like a player who will see playing time this fall with his size and explosiveness to go along with his natural pass-rushing skills. He never seems to be phased by anything and he has the size and strength to play right away.
- 1st team secondary was Myles Bryant and Cameron Williams at safety, Keith Taylor and Kyler Gordon at corner and Elijah Molden over the slot as the nickel corner.
- Peyton Henry appears to be pulling away from freshman Tim Horn at this point. Even with a 10 to 15 mph cross-wind, Henry was still able to hit on his three "live" attempts (32, 39 and 30) while Horn missed on two of his three attempts from the same distances. Henry is hitting the ball very well, especially when you compare his kicks to things at this time last year.
Salvon Ahmed can run, and he can run fast — faster, in fact, than any other player on Washington’s roster, if his hand-timed, 4.32-second 40-yard dash is the barometer.
He can run. But can he run … and run again … and run again, and again, and again, in the mold of Myles Gaskin, the school’s departed career rushing leader who carried it 259 times as a senior? Ahmed can burn around end like few others in the Pac-12, but can he bang through a scrum for 3 yards, fall forward for 2 more, pop right back up and do it again on second down?
He actually wasn’t bad between the tackles last season, data provided by Sports Info Solutions shows. It’s a small sample size, but Ahmed carried between the tackles 29 times for 118 yards, a per-carry average of 4.1. Gaskin, by comparison, carried between the tackles 99 times for 428 yards and three touchdowns, an average of 4.3 per attempt.
All seven of Ahmed’s touchdowns came on runs outside the tackles, though they weren’t all home runs — he scored on gains of 5, 7, 25, 2, 7, 4 and 4 yards. A little more than 72 percent of Ahmed’s carries were outside the tackles, and he averaged 6.5 yards per rush on those attempts. Gaskin, too, was more productive outside the tackles, averaging 5.3 yards per rush with nine touchdowns, with those attempts accounting for 61.1 percent of his total carries.
And for what it’s worth, Ahmed totaled more yards after contact per carry — 337 on 104 attempts, an average of 3.2 — than Gaskin (764 yards on 259 attempts, or 2.9 per rush).
The reality is that UW might not need Ahmed to withstand the bumps and bruises that accompany a 20- to 25-carry performance because the Huskies have two other backs — juniors Sean McGrew and Kamari Pleasant — who saw significant time last season, and a redshirt freshman, Richard Newton, who continues to impress during camp.
Ahmed says he feels faster, stronger and more confident than he did as a sophomore, and that “I’m working really hard to just be durable throughout the season.”
“The one thing that Salvon has is elite speed and quickness, and (we’re) really just trying to do our best to maximize that talent. It’s going to be exciting kind of watching him develop over this fall camp.”
Other observations from Wednesday’s practice:
- Jacob Eason took the first reps with the No. 1 offense, and led the group to a field goal on his final series of the day. His best throw was a completion over the middle to Hunter Bryant on second-and-15 — off play-action — that picked up a first down. He also had a nice completion to Andre Baccellia on a slant against cornerback Kyler Gordon, and threw two other good balls that were dropped. His final pass, an incompletion on third-and-7, was broken up on a nice play by cornerback Dominique Hampton, who knocked the ball away from Quinten Pounds near the end zone.
- The best drive of the day was engineered by Jake Haener, who led the No. 2 offense on an eight-play, 80-yard journey capped by about a 20-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman tight end Jack Westover, who made a nice catch of a nice throw. Haener also connected twice with Ty Jones for solid gains, and found tight end Devin Culp rolling to his right for a big gain, too. Working with the No. 1 offense, Haener also quarterbacked the final series of practice, which began with the aforementioned big run by Ahmed (it appeared to gain 30 or so yards, up the left sideline). But some snap issues stalled things a bit — Henry Roberts was working at center in place of Nick Harris — and Elijah Molden broke up a fourth-and-7 pass to Cade Otton on the final play.
- There were four interceptions Tuesday, with a fifth nullified by penalty. Jacob Sirmon threw the first, a pass tipped by outside linebacker Ariel Ngata and secured by senior walk-on cornerback Dustin Bush. The second went to Hampton, who picked off freshman Dylan Morris on a pass intended for redshirt freshman walk-on receiver David Pritchard. Gordon snagged the third, perfectly reading a route by Jones to intercept a Haener pass during 7-on-7s. And freshman safety Asa Turner intercepted Sirmon during 7-on-7s after receiver Fatu Sua-Godinet fell down. Freshman safety Cam Williams did pick off a throw by Eason — it would have been Eason’s first interception of camp — but a defensive holding penalty against Gordon took it off the board.
I really liked the kid, and I thought he'd be a starter and a solid player this year. But he's getting outplayed. Molden has looked like the most dynamic DB in camp so far which has pushed Bryant (who is the leader) to safety. And Cam Williams is just flat out beating the brakes off McKinney.
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I really liked the kid, and I thought he'd be a starter and a solid player this year. But he's getting outplayed. Molden has looked like the most dynamic DB in camp so far which has pushed Bryant (who is the leader) to safety. And Cam Williams is just flat out beating the brakes off McKinney.
This is what happens when you stack talent. McKinney I don't think is bad and there is a safety spot opening up next year regardless. Players like this were 4 year starters with sark. Maybe he never starts or only for a year under the current roster.
LPT was drooling over Chico today. They said on an end-around, Chico exploded around the edge and left everyone in the dust.
Ektard said it reminded him of John Ross in regards to how quickly he accelerated and just separated from the defenders.
Safe to say he's fully healthy for the first time in years.
Edit: Also raved about Culp. Said that last year he looked lost and had some off-field stuff. But he seems to have figured out what he's doing at TE and is running extremely well and catching everything that comes at him.
I just don't fucking get the kicking thing. How fucking hard is it? I live by a high school where I use the track to run and several times I've seen random HS kicker out there practicing to try to get a college scholarship to some juco or small college and from what I see he's nailing kicks from 35 and in 98% of the time. Shit, I played HS soccer with a polish guy that could kick a ball through a fucking brick wall and hit a FG from 45 easy, and this was just some guy who wasn't even interested in football. And we hand Chris Sailer $10.95 and a blowie for some list and the guys on the list can't hit 3/3 from inside the 40?
It shouldn't be this hard. Fuck the kicking camps, scout the fucking soccer team.
LPT was drooling over Chico today. They said on an end-around, Chico exploded around the edge and left everyone in the dust.
Ektard said it reminded him of John Ross in regards to how quickly he accelerated and just separated from the defenders.
Safe to say he's fully healthy for the first time in years.
Edit: Also raved about Culp. Said that last year he looked lost and had some off-field stuff. But he seems to have figured out what he's doing at TE and is running extremely well and catching everything that comes at him.
People forget how good a healthy Chico is. People forget that.
I think I had a poast about that a year ago. A year holding the bag, and he's back.
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- The defense came up with four interceptions, only three of which counted as one involved pass interference, while the offense had several big plays but only one touchdown.
- The quarterback competition continues, but Jacob Eason sure looks like he's feeling much more comfortable at the controls of the offense, stepping up deftly to avoid the rush, hitting quick passes to receivers and finding open players on his check-downs. Eason found Jordan Chin down the near sideline with a perfectly placed pass that allowed Chin to go up in the air over the corner in coverage
- Ty Jones' reputation during his first two seasons with the Dawgs was that he was a big receiver who plays small. This fall he has been starting to take the next step, and on Tuesday, he went up and make some nice catches with players draped on him and he even broke off a route and got open for Eason as the quarterback scrambled to get away from the pass rush. He also high pointed a ball from Haener in the middle of three defenders.
- Jake Haener had the play of the day, finding Westover in the back of the endzone and made a couple of nice throws that resulted in first downs. Haener was intercepted in 7v7 work by Kyler Gordon who made a nice break on a pass, but otherwise, he had a solid day.
- Jacob Sirmon and Dylan Morris each had some nice throws and both seemed to have some success between the 20s, but once they got into the redzone, they struggled. Morris did find Puka Nacua across the middle for a nice catch with Mishael Powell draped all over him.
- Salvon Ahmed had a big run in one of the final full team sessions, making a defensive tackle miss in the backfield and then bursting to his left down the sidelines for a 30-yard run.
- Two other players worth mentioning are tight end Hunter Bryant and receiver Chico McClatcher. Both have been the most consistent playmakers for the Husky offense in the first week of camp and each were consistent in getting open and making plays down the field on Tuesday.
- Near the end of practice, Laiatu Latu and redshirt freshman Zion Tupuola-Fetui were both in as the edge players with the first unit, playing alongside Josiah Bronson and Levi Onwuzurike along the defensive front.
- Latu definitely looks like a player who will see playing time this fall with his size and explosiveness to go along with his natural pass-rushing skills. He never seems to be phased by anything and he has the size and strength to play right away.
- 1st team secondary was Myles Bryant and Cameron Williams at safety, Keith Taylor and Kyler Gordon at corner and Elijah Molden over the slot as the nickel corner.
- Dominique Hampton intercepted Dylan Morris whileAsa Turner intercepted Sirmon.
- Peyton Henry appears to be pulling away from freshman Tim Horn at this point. Even with a 10 to 15 mph cross-wind, Henry was still able to hit on his three "live" attempts (32, 39 and 30) while Horn missed on two of his three attempts from the same distances. Henry is hitting the ball very well, especially when you compare his kicks to things at this time last year.
Salvon Ahmed can run, and he can run fast — faster, in fact, than any other player on Washington’s roster, if his hand-timed, 4.32-second 40-yard dash is the barometer.
He can run. But can he run … and run again … and run again, and again, and again, in the mold of Myles Gaskin, the school’s departed career rushing leader who carried it 259 times as a senior? Ahmed can burn around end like few others in the Pac-12, but can he bang through a scrum for 3 yards, fall forward for 2 more, pop right back up and do it again on second down?
He actually wasn’t bad between the tackles last season, data provided by Sports Info Solutions shows. It’s a small sample size, but Ahmed carried between the tackles 29 times for 118 yards, a per-carry average of 4.1. Gaskin, by comparison, carried between the tackles 99 times for 428 yards and three touchdowns, an average of 4.3 per attempt.
All seven of Ahmed’s touchdowns came on runs outside the tackles, though they weren’t all home runs — he scored on gains of 5, 7, 25, 2, 7, 4 and 4 yards. A little more than 72 percent of Ahmed’s carries were outside the tackles, and he averaged 6.5 yards per rush on those attempts. Gaskin, too, was more productive outside the tackles, averaging 5.3 yards per rush with nine touchdowns, with those attempts accounting for 61.1 percent of his total carries.
And for what it’s worth, Ahmed totaled more yards after contact per carry — 337 on 104 attempts, an average of 3.2 — than Gaskin (764 yards on 259 attempts, or 2.9 per rush).
The reality is that UW might not need Ahmed to withstand the bumps and bruises that accompany a 20- to 25-carry performance because the Huskies have two other backs — juniors Sean McGrew and Kamari Pleasant — who saw significant time last season, and a redshirt freshman, Richard Newton, who continues to impress during camp.
Ahmed says he feels faster, stronger and more confident than he did as a sophomore, and that “I’m working really hard to just be durable throughout the season.”
“The one thing that Salvon has is elite speed and quickness, and (we’re) really just trying to do our best to maximize that talent. It’s going to be exciting kind of watching him develop over this fall camp.”
Other observations from Wednesday’s practice:
- Jacob Eason took the first reps with the No. 1 offense, and led the group to a field goal on his final series of the day. His best throw was a completion over the middle to Hunter Bryant on second-and-15 — off play-action — that picked up a first down. He also had a nice completion to Andre Baccellia on a slant against cornerback Kyler Gordon, and threw two other good balls that were dropped. His final pass, an incompletion on third-and-7, was broken up on a nice play by cornerback Dominique Hampton, who knocked the ball away from Quinten Pounds near the end zone.
- The best drive of the day was engineered by Jake Haener, who led the No. 2 offense on an eight-play, 80-yard journey capped by about a 20-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman tight end Jack Westover, who made a nice catch of a nice throw. Haener also connected twice with Ty Jones for solid gains, and found tight end Devin Culp rolling to his right for a big gain, too. Working with the No. 1 offense, Haener also quarterbacked the final series of practice, which began with the aforementioned big run by Ahmed (it appeared to gain 30 or so yards, up the left sideline). But some snap issues stalled things a bit — Henry Roberts was working at center in place of Nick Harris — and Elijah Molden broke up a fourth-and-7 pass to Cade Otton on the final play.
- There were four interceptions Tuesday, with a fifth nullified by penalty. Jacob Sirmon threw the first, a pass tipped by outside linebacker Ariel Ngata and secured by senior walk-on cornerback Dustin Bush. The second went to Hampton, who picked off freshman Dylan Morris on a pass intended for redshirt freshman walk-on receiver David Pritchard. Gordon snagged the third, perfectly reading a route by Jones to intercept a Haener pass during 7-on-7s. And freshman safety Asa Turner intercepted Sirmon during 7-on-7s after receiver Fatu Sua-Godinet fell down. Freshman safety Cam Williams did pick off a throw by Eason — it would have been Eason’s first interception of camp — but a defensive holding penalty against Gordon took it off the board.
This is true. I'm really fucking nice and I'm fucking smart to boot.
Oh, you were referencing how I create repositories of premium information and post them in full within the WAM. Then also gather info from multiple sites and post snippets in the public forums too.
That's cool too I guess.
Ektard said it reminded him of John Ross in regards to how quickly he accelerated and just separated from the defenders.
Safe to say he's fully healthy for the first time in years.
Edit: Also raved about Culp. Said that last year he looked lost and had some off-field stuff. But he seems to have figured out what he's doing at TE and is running extremely well and catching everything that comes at him.
It shouldn't be this hard. Fuck the kicking camps, scout the fucking soccer team.
I think I had a poast about that a year ago. A year holding the bag, and he's back.