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K.J. Carta-Samuels enjoying chance to prove himself as Huskies’ backup QB

He was disappointed. Of course he was. Everyone would be in that situation.

K.J. Carta-Samuels had given everything he could to try to win Washington’s starting quarterback job last year. He didn’t get it.

“Obviously, you’re pride is talking to you,” he said. “You’re working for the starting job — you want to be the starter. And everyone feels that way; everyone wants to be that starting guy. But, you know what, that was a big moment for me, to realize that it’s not all about that and I can’t just crumble because of that.