SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies football team held its first padded practice Saturday at Husky Stadium in Seattle.

The Huskies practice ended a half-hour early due to an unfortunate situation where redshirt sophomore running back Jordan Washington had to be carried off the field in an ambulance.

Before the early end to practice, there were several highlight players from the first day of pads.

Here's several observations and takeaways from day one of padded practice:

Through the first two days of practice on Tuesday and Thursday, Roebuck stood out from the rest of the pack due to his crisp route running and highlight grabs.

The introduction of pads didn't slow down the second-year pass catcher.

In 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills, Roebuck had several catches that would have gone for first downs in game situations. He was junior quarterback Demond Williams Jr's' most-targeted receiver in practice.

Roebuck had the most receiving yards on the team last season among receivers who returned to Washington this year. He caught 42 passes for 560 yards and seven touchdowns.

The 5-foot-11, 184-pound wide receiver doesn't have the size as many other receivers on the roster, which could lead to him being used mainly out of the slot or the outside on play-action passes.

Wherever he lines up, it's starting to become very clear that Williams will often be looking for Roebuck on passing plays.

Senior cornerback and Virginia transfer Emmanuel Karnley was on the right and wrong end of several different plays Thursday. He had multiple pass breakups but also let up a catch by sophomore receiver Chris Lawson on a goal-line fade.

Karnley was close to lockdown-levels Saturday. He had a pass breakup on a pass intended for Roebuck in 11-on-11 drills and intercepted a pass intended for redshirt junior wideout Rashid Williams.

Sophomore Dylan Robinson and Karnley are the assumptive starters at outside cornerback and if the first padded practice is any indication, they won't give up that role anytime soon.

There's an argument to be made that the most talented position group on the team is the defensive line and front seven as a whole.

Saturday was a decent exhibit towards that argument.

When the starters on defense and offense played each other in 11-on-11 drills, the running game didn't muster much on the ground.

Redshirt freshman running back Quad Carr Jr. had what was perhaps the longest run of the day against the first-team defense. He went for roughly 10 yards before he was whistled down.

Several plays before he exited practice, Washington took a hand-off and was tackled in the backfield for a multi-yard loss by junior Elinneus Davis.

Williams and the other quarterbacks on the roster aren't allowed to be tackled, as is the norm. However, there were also several plays that likely would have resulted in pressures or sacks against Williams if it was a game setting.

-- The special teams unit is still yet to run full coverage drills but is still making sure to stay prepared. The placekickers practiced their field goal attempts Saturday.

-- Robinson had a notable pass breakup of his own. He disrupted a pass on a fade route intended for four-star Class of 2026 recruit Jordan Clay  in seven-on-seven drills.

-- Clay and Lawson were on the sidelines at various points in practice working with trainers. Neither player exited practice.

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