Trey Adams wouldn’t have been able to comfortably sit on a stool inside Husky Stadium and address the media back in August.
Throughout fall camp, he said two bulging discs made it feel like somebody was digging a coat hanger into his back. He didn’t want to sit out, so he kept practicing. But by the end of the camp, the pain was so severe he couldn’t even sit. That’s when Adams decided he needed surgery.
A preseason All-American at left tackle, Adams underwent surgery the week after Washington’s season-opening loss to Auburn. Before the back injury, Adams was on track to return from the torn ACL he suffered against Arizona State in October 2017.