The redshirt freshman center was one of just 10 available lineman for the April and May drills.
Parker Cross may or may not play in a real University of Washington football game before his career is done, but he's already lived the college football dream -- that of the undersized, underfunded and previously ignored walk-on offensive lineman who got to take a lot of snaps with the No. 1 offense.
What happened to him might have been even bigger than what took place for Notre Dame's roster-buried, one-hit wonder Rudy Ruettiger. Everything came to a head for Cross in the UW's seventh spring practice, in mid April, when he operated as the No. 1 center throughout that Tuesday afternoon workout. While Husky edge rusher Maurice Heims came nearly 5,000 miles from Hamburg, Germany, to play UW football, Cross traveled the shortest distance -- just under two miles to make the jump from Seattle Preparatory School to Husky Stadium.
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