Spring is for speculation.
The Washington Huskies have 15 practices, and their fans have a thousand questions. Will Washington product and Georgia quarterback transfer Jacob Eason finally fulfill his five-star billing? Will running back Salvon Ahmed successfully snatch the starting baton from departed standout Myles Gaskin? Will Jimmy Lake recreate the program’s recent defensive dominance with a relatively inexperienced cast of characters? (Will the Times’ new UW beat writer ever stop asking rhetorical questions?)
And when spring practice starts next Wednesday, which Huskies will emerge?
While we wait for concrete answers, here are (at least) eight breakout candidates for the Huskies this spring.