The tradition will continue at Jimmy Lake’s Bellevue home Thursday night. There, the members of Washington’s defensive secondary will gather for an annual feast of Wingstop chicken wings and watch the NFL draft.
The tradition for those Huskies, more often in recent years, has been to celebrate the selections of former teammates, and as many as four defensive backs from UW could hear their names called during the three-day draft this week.
The gathering at Lake’s home serves another purpose. Lake, the Huskies’ co-defensive coordinator, wants his players to take note of the height, weight and speed of each drafted player and compare them against their own measurements.