RENTON, Wash. — In an unusual shift in the status quo, the Washington Huskies seventh practice of the spring on Tuesday gave the team a taste of the NFL.

The Huskies' spring practice took place at the Seattle Seahawks' home practice facility, the Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) in Renton, Wash.

Several of Washington's drills also reflected the shift to a "pro" setting.

Here's several notes and takeaways from Washington's spring practice April 14.

After a brief scouting period for offense and defense, the team got fully into the positional drills.

The wide receivers and tight ends ran an atypical drill for the team: the gauntlet drill. For watchers of the NFL combine, where former college players practice in front of NFL scouts in the lead up to the draft, that drill will be familiar.

Arguably the most impressive and consistent defensive player this spring has been Emmanuel Karnley.

The senior transfer from Virginia was immediately slotted in as one of the team's starting outside cornerbacks opposite sophomore Dylan Robinson. And Karnley's done nothing but reaffirm his spot this spring.

"He's super good, I think," Senior safety Alex McLaughlin said in a post-practice interview. "You guys have seen it. He's super sticky in coverage, great technique and great guy off the field, too."

On Tuesday, Karnley had three pass breakups in 11-on-11 sessions.

As a whole, deep balls have been hard for the offense to come by against the secondary.

"I think we're playing well," Safeties coach Taylor Mays said after practice. "I think it comes in spurts of — you have to play well all the time, especially in the secondary. A 60 play game — and you do well 59 plays but you get bombed on on the 60th play, you can't forget it. We've done a great job and (secondary coach John Richardson) has done a great job of losing (Tacario Davis) and (Ephesians Prysock) on the outside and bringing up the next group of corners and have those guys play with the safeties and the nickels. Those guys have meshed well early and that's what's put us ahead of where we were this time last year."

The offensive line hasn't had a full and complete look over this spring due to senior Landen Hatchett and junior Sam Houston transfer Kolt Dieterich both being limited with respective injuries.

However, even with those two players out, true freshman Kodi Greene seems all but secured as a potential starter. He was running with the starting offensive lineman again Tuesday.

Greene was the highest recruit in UW's Class of 2026, which ranked 12th in the country — the highest ranking for a class in program history.

Greene ranked as the 27th best player, fourth-best offensive lineman and third-best player out of the state of California according to 247Sports.

The 6-foot-6, 321 pounder might follow in the steps of 2025 All-Freshman offensive lineman John Mills as being a full-season true freshman contributor in the trenches for the Dawgs.

-- Senior safety CJ Christian went down early and missed the rest of Tuesday's practice. There was no updates on his condition or injury after practice.

-- Junior tight end Decker DeGraaf is another player who seems all but locked into a starting role this upcoming season. He had multiple first-down catches in 11-on-11 drills.

-- Defensive lineman Derek Colman-Brusa is another true freshman who has ran with the "1's" often this spring. He had a highlight moments during drills where he overpowered offensive lineman Jack Shaffer.

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