SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies football team wrapped up its spring schedule with its "Dawgs After Dark" spring football game Friday at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

The Huskies had four quarters in the spring training game but fit in some fun activities for spring festivities.

During halftime, Washington hosted a dog race at halftime. Honorary Team Purple coach and head UW women's soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke even hit a point-after try that counted for four points.

This all happened in front of a decent crowd for the Dawgs, at least for a spring game.

Amidst the fun festivities and casual nature that comes with a spring game, came several highlight moments and interesting takeaways from the game.

Here's several notes from the Team Purple vs. Team Gold spring football game:

For most of the spring, the first-team defense has gotten the better of the first-team offense in scrimmages and 11-on-11 drills.

Even with the starters and backups split between the two teams (each honorary coach picked the players for the roster), the defense still were the overall winners Friday.

The first drive of the game for Team Purple, which was led by starting junior quarterback Demond Williams Jr., ended with an interception thrown to Team Gold sophomore cornerback Dylan Robinson.

Robinson picked off a pas that was thrown behind redshirt junior Rashid Williams.

Robinson also accounted for the first touchdown of the spring game when he recovered a punt muffed by Purple wide receiver and true freshman Mason James.

In the "second half," the defense had another highlight play.

Purple redshirt freshman linebacker Donovan Robinson Jr. picked off a pass from Gold true freshman quarterback Derek Zammit and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown. That score resulted in the eventual final of 27-10 Purple.

"From top to bottom, our roster kind of lends itself to being able to have that (attack mindset)," UW defensive coordinator Ryan Walters said in a postgame interview " ... There were times that last year, because of injuries and having to play some guys that may not have been ready to play at that point in time in their careers ... You had to find ways to limit points on the board from the opposing offense week-to-week and game plan week-to-week, looked a lot different depending on who you had available in the locker room. To have the unit that we have right now, their mindset (and) their mentality ... definitely feel like we can be more the aggressor this fall."

The Huskies had to replace leading receiver Denzel Boston this offseason, who was drafted in the second round of the 2026 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Boston and fourth-round draft pick/running back Jonah Coleman were both back on campus as honorary captains for the two UW spring teams.

Sophomore receiver and the team's second-leading pass-catcher in 2025, Dezmen Roebuck is locked into the starting role in the slot.

The two outside spots have been up in the air for most of the spring, in large part due to the injuries to transfer wide receivers Bodpegn Miller (Ohio State) and Christian Moss (Kennesaw State), true freshman wideout Jordan Clay and sophomore Chris Lawson.

Moss and Lawson were out for the spring game. And it seems like Rashid Williams has ironed his grasp on one of the outside positions.

The redshirt junior wide receiver and Demond Williams connected for the longest offensive play of the day for either team — a 43-yard throw-and-catch for a touchdown.

Clay, who got a chunk of the reps as the outside receiver opposite Rashid Williams Friday,  also had several catches — including a 22-yard snag on the sidelines that preceded the touchdown pass.

Based on postgame comments from head coach Jedd Fisch, it won't be until training camp in August that the team will cement its wide receiver depth.

"It was disappointing that we couldn't do more of an evaluation there," Fisch said after the game. " ... Jordan did a good job. Made a big, tough catch on the sideline. Probably could have caught another on a curl route. ... I would say, this training camp coming up — is it Lawson? Is it Clay? Is it Moss? (James is) competing his tail off. Is it (Miller)? I don't know what it's gonna look like."

Washington's 2026 recruiting class ranked 12th in the country, which was a program record for the highest-rated class in program history.

Due to the higher-end talent, the Huskies were expected to have several contributors from the class as true freshmen.

Freshman offensive tackle Kodi Greene and freshman defensive tackle Derek Colman-Brusa have been two players that have ran with the starters almost the majority of the spring.

In addition to Clay, two other true freshmen still looking to carve out consistent starting reps: safety Gavin Day and edge rusher Ramzak Fruean.

Day, a four-star safety and the second highest-ranked recruit in the '26 class, has made two interceptions in the past week of practice. In Friday's spring game, he had two impressive open-field tackles — including one against Roebuck, who has been the most consistent play-maker for the starting offense this spring.

Fruean is another four-star player who has gotten most of his reps with the backups this spring. However, he's received more rotational snaps with the starters as the spring has progressed.

Fruean, who competed for Team Gold on Friday, made several plays, including a three-yard sack against redshirt freshman quarterback Kini McMillan.

There's still a question over whether Fruean will be on the starting defensive line when the Dawgs took the field for their season-opener against Washington State on Sept. 5, but he seems to have already secured consistent rotational reps.

"I think Ramzak Fruean's gonna be an elite player," Fisch said. "I would expect him to be a huge contributor early and often."

-- Junior linebacker Buddah Al-Uqdah didn't play Friday due to recovery from a torn ACL he suffered last year. He's missed the entire spring with the injury.

-- Lawson was out for the spring game with a hamstring. He missed several practices with an injury but worked himself back into action and started to compete in 11-on-11 drills in practices leading up to practice.

-- Moss, who's missed the entire spring, participated with the wide receivers during drills but didn't participate in the spring game. He's dealing with a hamstring strain, according to Fisch.

-- Sophomore running back Jordan Washington participated in the team's first four practices this spring before suffering a head-and-neck injury. Washington has sported a brace on his neck and his been out of practice since.

The program's medical staff and outside doctors will make a decision in July on how to proceed with Washington's recovery, per postgame comments from Fisch.

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