Washington football's RB room showed growth during spring practice

Even before sophomore Jordan Washington suffered a scary-looking injury that ended his spring practice prematurely, the Washington Huskies had a lot of questions that needed to be answered at running back. While part of that was due to an ankle injury that Oregon transfer Jayden Limar suffered that required surgery over the offseason, and late-arriving Troy transfer Trey Cooley continued to rehab from a knee injury that ended his 2025 season in summer camp, the Huskies were forced to rely on a young, inexperienced unit to shoulder the load. Between redshirt freshman Quaid Carr and true freshmen Brian Bonner and Ansu Sanoe, position coach Scottie Graham saw plenty of growth from his room throughout the spring.

After the Dawgs After Dark spring game, Fisch seemed very pleased with its progression. "No Jordan Washington, no Trey Cooley, no Jayden Limar, for two of them for all of spring and one of them for nine practices," Fisch said on Friday. "So it's been a great learning curve for the young guys, and the guys got more reps than they ever normally would have gotten if this was just traditional spring football, especially with...

a 90-person roster. You can't go two fields like you used to. " Despite the injuries and the major question marks, Fisch still seemed encouraged by the state of the room--despite its inexperience--with several months for the unit to get healthy before fall camp resumes in early August.

"I think it's gonna be a really big summer for Jayden to get back, for Trey to compete and get back, for us to evaluate where Jordan is and make a decision there, for Quaid to continue to improve, for Ansu and Brian to see what their role could be. But I'm really looking forward to what it looks like when Jayden and Trey get going, but I think Quaid had the best spring by far in that room. " This article originally appeared on Huskies Wire: Washington Huskies' RB room showed growth during spring practice