The sophomore edge rusher played in nine games during his first season in Montlake.
When last season began, edge rusher Jacob Lane was just another freshman for the University of Washington football team, someone buried on the depth chart and likely far removed from meaningful game snaps
Lane simply showed off his great quickness in practice to the point Kalen DeBoer's coaching staff felt compelled to find ways to get him on the field. The coaches, in fact, created a third-down, speed-rush team that featured the Puyallup, Washington, product coming hard with Bralen Trice, Zion Tupuola-Fetui and Voi Tunuufi. It was four edge rushers teamed all at once.
It first became obvious something was up with this brawny player when Lane was inserted late against USC in real time, with the Huskies still in the process of closing out a milestone 52-42 victory over the Trojans in Los Angeles."I was ready for it," Lane said of his appearance against the Trojans. "It was a little surprising, though, that it actually came to happen. But when it came time to do it, I just had to be ready to go.
This is one in a series of articles -- going from 0 to 99 on the Husky roster -- examining what each scholarship player and leading walk-on did this past spring and what to expect from them going forward.
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