RICHMOND, Virginia — Trey Quinn is standing on one of Washington's practice fields, squinting at a half-dozen reporters surrounding him. In the hours leading up to this impromptu interview, he'd dazzled during an early-morning training camp practice, tiptoeing along sidelines, sprinting past defenders and snagging seemingly impossible passes straight from the sky. At one point, his head coach, Jay Gruden, blew a whistle just to pause and praise the rookie wide receiver for a tight turn on a slant route.
"Excellent!" he shouted. "Excellent! Excellent!"
Now Quinn divides his attention between the questions coming from the group in front of him and the shouts coming from the group behind him, where some Sharpie-wielding fans are asking for autographs.