The Husky pass rush took a major hit when Joe Tryon and Levi Onwuzurike elected to enter the 2020 NFL draft. Tryon, the team’s sack leader a year ago (and 5th in the Pac-12) with nine sacks, would have been the overwhelming favorite to lead the team again. Onwuzurike only had two sacks himself a year ago, but he silently dominated inside for UW, and he would have certainly opened up things for the outside rushers to get home again this year.
Those snaps (and opportunities to chase down Pac-12 QBs) now fall to other members of Jimmy Lake’s defensive roster.