Two of the biggest losses for the Washington Huskies football team this offseason came from the running back room.

Leading rusher and senior running back Jonah Coleman entered the 2026 NFL Draft after two seasons with the Huskies (and another two before then with the Arizona Wildcats).

Coleman ran the ball 156 times for 758 yards and 15 touchdowns last season. He was picked in the fourth round of this year's draft by the Denver Broncos.

The backup to Coleman last season, Adam Mohammed, was expected to take over for him next season. He ran 106 times for 523 yards and five touchdowns.

Instead of returning to Washington, Mohammed transferred to the Cal Golden Bears.

To make up for the pair of losses, the Huskies went out and got two veteran running backs via the transfer portal to get a look at in addition to their returning underclassmen.

Alas, Washington wasn't really able to get a true look at what the running back could look like this spring due to a variety of injuries. Here's an overview of the running backs to watch in training camp who could earn significant playing time next season.

Washington entered the spring as the presumptive starter and front-runner to replace Coleman.

The soon-to-be sophomore had 27 carries for 233 yards and a touchdown last season.

For the first week of practices, that was the role Washington was practicing for.

Washington was unable to run away with the starting running back job and suffered a head or neck injury that kept him out for the vast majority of spring practices. He was injured when he was stiff-armed to the turf trying to make a tackle on an interception return.

Washington's status for next season is still up in the air. Huskies coach Jedd Fisch said the team will assess his condition for training camp in July and take the necessary steps from there.

With Washington out for the majority of spring, Carr took the majority of first-team reps with the team.

Carr stood out in spring due to his breakaway speed, but also showed some strength in scrimmages and the spring game, not shying away from contact with attempted tacklers.

It's still uncertain where on the depth chart Carr will be in a healthy running back room in training camp but his solid showing in the spring has likely earned him some first team reps when summer practices come around.

Cooley was one of the two veterans UW acquired in the transfer portal. Cooley joined the Huskies from Troy. He didn't play a snap in a game with the Trojans after suffering a knee injury.

Cooley was out for the spring due to his recovery from the injury, but is expected to be a full participant in the summer.

The sixth-year running back has 215 career rushes for 1,009 yards and six touchdowns in his career, which also includes stops with the Louisville Cardinals and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Limar was the second of the two veteran running back additions for the Dawgs via the portal.

Limar, a Lake Stevens, Wash., native, joined Washington after three seasons with the team's archrivals, the Oregon Ducks.

In his three seasons with Oregon, Limar ran the ball 95 times for 442 yards and four touchdowns. The majority of his yards and carries came last season, where he toted the ball 46 times for 262 yards and three scores.

Limar missed the entirety of spring due to ankle surgery. Like Cooley, he's expected to be a full participant in summer practices.

One of the top gets for the Huskies in the 2026 recruiting class was four-star running back Brian Bonner, who ranked as the 128th-best player in the country, the seventh-best running back and 16th-best player in California (per 247Sports).

Bonner worked with the backups for the majority of the spring, but was rotated in for more first-team reps in the final spring practices.

Bonner had a handful of chunk runs but was unable to string together consistent practices running with the starters.

If the highly-touted recruits grows more comfortable in the summer, then he could be a candidate to get snaps with the starters.

Sanoe was another Class of '26 recruit for Washington. Although he wasn't as highly-touted as Bonner (three-star; 68th-ranked running back in the class), he instantly drew eyes due to his size.

Sanoe is listed at 6-foot-2, 247 pounds on the Huskies' roster page and looks every bit of it.

Sanoe received several first team reps and excelled in goal line and short-yardage situations.

In the UW spring game May 1, Sanoe had several chunk runs that came as result of him lowering the pads and fighting for extra yards.

Whoever gets the majority of the reps out of the aforementioned ball carriers, Sanoe could already be locked into a role as the running back in jumbo, short-yardage and goal line packages.

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