SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies football team is nearing the conclusion of the training camp. In 10 days, the Huskies will play in the Apple Cup against in-state rivals, the Washington State Cougars, at 1 p.m. PT on Aug. 27 at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Now that the Huskies are in the home stretch of the training camp, it's more or less clear who will start for the team on both offense and defense when the Cougars come to town.

As such, every day from this point going forward is about staying sharp for Washington, which is exactly what they did during Thursday's practice at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

Here's several notes and observations from Thursday's practice:

The starting wide receiver role was one of the biggest question marks going into spring training.

As spring training practice draws to a near, based on the performances of players in spring, it seems like the sixth-year wide receiver Christian Moss, second-year wide receiver Dezmen Roebuck and fourth-year wide receiver Rashid Williams will be the primary starters.

The connection between those players and third-year quarterback Demond Williams Jr. continued to grow Thursday.

Demond Williams connected with Rashid Williams on a 30-yard touchdown pass Thursday, Moss had a first-down catch on a slant (that likely would've also been a big hit from second-year safety Rylon Dillard-Allen if practice was live).

One of the most physical players in fall training camp this season has been second-year safety Rylon Dillard-Allen.

After missing spring practice, Dillard-Alllen got chippy in team drills several times, but his play Thursday represented him learning to channel that physical style of play in addition to continuing to grow as a player.

The aforementioned connection between Demond Williams and the aforementioned the wide receivers has tested the secondary this training camp, and Dillard-Allen echoed the sentiments that coaches and players have shared this offseason that it's a case of iron-sharpens-iron.

"Playing next to (fourth-year safety Alex McLaughlin), and (safeties coach Taylor Mays) and (defensive coordinator Ryan Walters) and this defensive, it's honestly incredible," Dillard-Allen said after practice Thursday. "It's so easy and I feel like we're just camping all the time, the whole defense. Everybody that's out there with the '1's,' we're all just moving on a string. Blitz coming this way, we're moving that way, blitz coming that way, we're moving this way."

Projected starting center Landen Hatchett, who's entering his fourth season with the program, has missed the entire offseason due to an injury he originally suffered against Illinois last season. The expectation is that he would be ready for the start of the season, but it seems like that's still not yet set in stone.

"Landen's getting better," UW head coach Jedd Fisch said in a post-practice interview Thursday. "I don't know if we're going to be able to get him to go this week though. So, we'll see. He's gotten much better each day. But (Kolt Dieterich) has done a great job at center.

-- Mississippi State transfer defensive tackle Kai McClendon, another player who's missed the majority of offseason practices due to injury, returned to practice this past weekend. He's expected to be a key rotational piece on the defensive line this season.

-- Running back Jayden Limar didn't complete in team drills Thursday, but Fisch said he expects Limar to play in the Apple Cup.