Getting Up Close with Husky Spring Football Through Lin's Lens

Some might say football is football, but University of Washington players will beg to differ. For the past two weeks, they've been shown a different way of doing things by Kalen DeBoer's coaching staff during spring practice.

Everything has to be faster, more precise, accountable.

Through six practices out of 15, the Huskies have scrimmaged some out of view of the media and most practice visitors, but DeBoer said a majority of this spring practice time has been spent teaching his inherited and acquired players how to do their roles a prescribed way.

For instance, they've had to relearn the basics of how to tackle, how to throw the ball overhand, how to stay lower while covering a wide receiver.

Michael Penix Jr. plays for the UW, formerly Indiana.

Jeremiah Martin, back for a second year, has been running with the No. 1 defense.

The new staff has instructed the UW quarterbacks to throw more over the top.

Sam Adams wears a yellow vest to signify that he's off limits to contact.

Roger Rosengarten slams into Matteo Mele.

Sam Huard provides directions as Ja'Lynn Polk and Giles Jackson await the play.

Giles Jackson, ace kick returner, came to the UW to be a receiver, too.

Bralen Trice waits to make a move while Zion Tupuola-Fetui awaits his turn.

Asa Turner has been a starting safety this spring.

Had there been no coaching change from Jimmy Lake to DeBoer, this month of spring practice still would have been held with a similar sense of urgency. That's because whatever the Huskies tried to do last season basically didn't work, as their 4-8 record dictated. People lost their jobs over multiple system failures.

Rather than give Lake a chance to fix it, the UW put that responsibility in the hands of DeBoer from Fresno State and his assistant coaches hired from his Mountain West school plus Vanderbilt, Indiana and Purdue.

For the first hour of practice each day, the media gets a look as the Huskies go through their transformation. On Monday, photographer Skylar Lin had his first opportunity to see what was happening out at Montlake.

He stuck his lens in the direction of new quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who responded right back to the camera; at Asa Turner, looking more dialed in than usual; the offensive lineman, while they ran into each other, and more.

Check out Skylar Lin's photo gallery from the UW's spring practice No. 6.

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