SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies football team is just under a week away from its spring game, which is set to take place at 6:30 p.m. PT on May 1 at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

With the spring game just days away, marking the end of offseason practice until summer camp, the Huskies got as close to a game-like scenario as they could in Saturday's practice.

Washington held a full-practice scrimmage Saturday, featuring nine drives of varying situations between the second-team/backup offense and defense, respectively. There were eight drives between the starters on offense and defense, respectively.

Here's several notes and takeaways from Washington's scrimmage:

Outside of one drive in which the chains moved regardless of the play result to simulate a two-minute/no-huddle offense; the first-team offense mustered just one touchdown Saturday.

That one touchdown was a 14-yard rush from redshirt freshman running back Quad Carr Jr., who's taken the majority of the reps as the starting running back with Jordan Washington currently out with a head/neck injury, and veteran transfer additions Jayden Limar and Trey Cooley absent until training camp.

The defense forced a three-and-out on the first drive of the scrimmage; senior cornerback Emmanuel Karnley had a drive-ending pass breakup later and junior quarterback Demond Williams Jr. was unable to keep the drive alive on a third down at the opposing 25-yard line.

On the second-to-last drive of the day, sophomore cornerback Dylan Robinson came up with an interception on an attempted shovel pass to end the second-to-last drive of the day for the offense.

Robinson's drive-sealing interception came after sophomore wide receivers Dezmen Roebuck and Chris Lawson got the best of him in one-on-one drills earlier in the scrimmage.

Redshirt sophomore safety Paul Mencke Jr. hasn't had many opportunities to run with the first team this spring but may have earned a look given his performance in Saturday's scrimmage.

Running with the second-team defense, Mencke had an impressive pass breakup on a deep pass intended for redshirt sophomore wide receiver Justice Williams. Outside of that play, Mencke did a great job allowing hardly any wide receivers to get by him on deep routes in the scrimmage.

"Paul's done a great job of competing and being physical and playing fast," Huskies head coach Jedd Fisch said after the scrimmage Saturday. "You could see over these three years (he's) really grown into understanding the system and what's asked of him as a safety. I think there's a lot in him that wants to be like (safeties coach Taylor Mays). He sees himself as a tall, linear, big hitter. ... I think Paul has done a great job of learning from (senior safety Alex McLaughlin) and (sophomore safety Rylon Dillard-Allen) and being able to find his role and hopefully be a great competitor for us on offense and defense."

In addition to Mencke, redshirt freshman cornerback Ramonz Adams Jr. was also a highlight performer with the second-team. He had a third-down tackle on a run from freshman Ansu Sanoe in one of the earlier drives of practice.

Despite the offense's inconsistency Saturday, the wide receivers had several chunk receptions across the first and second team.

Lawson, who returned to practice Thursday and had three catches in 11-on-11 sessions with the second team, had another two catches in scrimmages Saturday: a 14-yard catch with the first team and an 11-yard catch with he second team.

Redshirt junior wide receiver Rashid Williams and Justice Williams had the longest catches of the day: a 24-yard reception with the first team and a 27-yarder with the backups, respectively.

"It's great to have Chris back," Fisch said. "I think Chris is going to (make) a huge impact in our offense this year. ... We always tell our guys, 'it used to be the best ability is availability. It's really the best ability is reliability.' You've got to be available, you got to know what to do, you got to be responsible in everything you do on and off the field. And right now Chris is taking that very serious. ... He had a great day today, he had a great day Thursday."

-- Four-star freshman wide receiver Jordan Clay has missed the last two practices due to what Fisch described as a "soft tissue" injury.

-- Washington will remain out for the rest of the spring. Fisch said the team's main goal now is getting him out of his neck brace.

-- Redshirt senior safety CJ Christian is out for the season with a torn Achilles tendon. He suffered the injury in his first practice back April 14.

-- True freshman cornerback Jeron Jones was a recent addition to the list of injured players. He went through warmups with the injured players and didn't suit up for the scrimmage.

-- Carr's other highlight play aside from his touchdown run was a first-down run in an earlier drive in which the 5-foot-11, 189-pound running back showed an impressive display of power and trucked Karnley.

-- Redshirt junior defensive lineman and Ohio State transfer Logan George had one of the few "sacks" of the day for the defense due to the defense not being allowed to touch the quarterbacks. He was credited with a sack against Demond Williams close to or in the red zone. George has ran mostly with the backups this spring but was rotated in often on the starting defensive line Saturday.

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