Washington football pushing through dog days of training camp

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Another day, another fall practice for the Washington Huskies.

That's how it felt for the first hour or so as Jedd Fisch's team went through its fourth straight day of practice before the entire roster, and the majority of the coaching staff formed two lines in the middle of the field. On one end stood senior punter Hunter Green, and on the other stood defensive quality control coach Korey Rush and defensive tackle Darin Conley.

Green, fresh off an appearance on the Ray Guy Award watch list, sent a pair of end-over-end punts booming down towards first Rush, and then Conley, both of whom secured the kicks with ease. Rush's catch meant the coaching staff got the rest of the day off, while Conley's meant that the day was over for the players ahead of Saturday night's mock game.

The celebration at midfield, as you might imagine, was raucous.

With the second scrimmage of the fall on the horizon, it was a lighter day for the Huskies in a practice that mainly consisted of individual drills and special teams work, but secondary coach John Richardson's unit still showed up, as junior nickelback Rahshawn Clark made one of the more notable plays for the day.

In a scrimmage period with the second-team offense matched up against the starting defense, Clark made a perfectly timed break to step in front of an Elijah Brown pass intended for freshman wide receiver Trez Davis for an interception. For Richardson, plays like that are the expectation going into 2026 as defensive coordinator Ryan Walters looks to eliminate a touchdown per game from the 18.7 points per contest allowed in 2025.

"This year we're focusing more on turnovers, which will limit more touchdowns," Richardson said on Friday. "If we catch the interceptions that we dropped last year, less touchdowns on the board."

"So just as a position group, just making sure we come down with the interception that we have, and then hoping you guys have been seeing there's more production on ball than we've probably seen in the past, and so we're trying to make more plays, we're coming down with the ball, intercepting the ball like Rahshawn did today. It's just making a play and finishing with the ball in their hands. So that's kind of the focus, and that'll help; the turnovers will help limit touchdowns at the end of the day."

Here's more from Friday on Montlake.

Fall camp notebook

  • Wide receiver Dezmen Roebuck was fully suited for practice on Friday after going through Thursday's workout in a T-shirt and shorts, while cornerback Ramonz Adams and linebacker Xe'ree Alexander were in gold no-contact jerseys.
  • Following a ruling in favor of the NCAA on Friday morning that rescinded the injunction allowing members of the class of 2022 who had played four seasons to return to their original rosters, kicker Grady Gross and defensive lineman Ta'ita'i Uiagalelei were both not present at practice.
  • Sophomore cornerback Dylan Robinson, who has not participated in team periods of practice throughout camp, stated that he's expecting to be cleared to fully return on Sunday.
  • After practice, special teams coordinator Chris Petrilli ran over to the media and laughed as he gave a reminder that Conley's perfect technique on his fair catch will not change the depth chart for the returners.

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