SEATTLE — Naijiel Hale played the deflection of Jake Browning’s pass perfectly, grabbing the football after it bounded from the hands of sophomore receiver Brayden Lenius before returning it the length of the field for what would have been a touchdown had it not occurred in a controlled drill at Washington’s spring practice on Friday morning.
Later, Hale, a sophomore cornerback, picked off another pass, this time from redshirt freshman quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels, and would have hauled that one about 70 yards for another score.
Sophomore cornerback Darren Gardenhire picked off Browning too, and so did linebacker Scott Lawyer during a 7-on-7 period.