The UW has given up multiple breakaway returns this season.
Trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter at Indiana, the University of Washington football team went 3-and-out, bringing Jack McCallister onto the field to punt from his 27.
UW seniors Daniyel Ngata and Carson Bruener were first on the scene, but a block took out Ngata on the right side of Price and Bruener dove and missed on the left. The Hoosiers scored in four plays, pushing across their last points in a 31-17 victory, made easier by the UW's season-long inability to cover the lanes and get the return specialists on the ground.. This 65-yarder was not the longest runback against the Huskies this season, not even close.
Should the Huskies choose to tinker with this punt-coverage team, the changes would come from among defensive tackles Sebastian Valdez and Davis, plus edge rusher Jacob Lane, who form a three-man wedge of blockers for McCallister, who takes long snaps from Colorado transfer Cameron Warchuck; and players who come off the line of scrimmage and release into lanes in linebackers Drew Fowler, Khmori House and Bruener, a safety in Waters, and running backs in Ngata and Mohammed.
Washington State's Tony Freeman returned the first punt of the Apple Cup 33 yards to the UW 29, setting up a game-opening field goal in a rivalry outing the Huskies lost 24-19 at Lumen Field.
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