Washington Huskies Football Spring Practice No. 1: Social Media Round-Up

Chris Petersen kicked off his third season as Washington's head coach today by holding the team's first spring practice of 2016. Because the event is closed to the public, we rely on the team's dependable beat writers such as The News Tribune's Christian Caple, The Seattle Times' Percy Allen, Dawgman.com's Chris Fetters and Scott Eklund, and others to keep us in the loop.

Spring has sprung! Managers are preparing the practice field for 1st day of spring ball. #Dawgs pic.twitter.com/AkvQw2jPX3

— UW Football (@UW_Football) March 28, 2016

2016 season starts today with the kickoff of UW spring football! #UWSpringFB16 pic.twitter.com/SDT1ghiyUs

— Scott Eklund (@ScottEklund) March 28, 2016

Shoutout to all my bros headed into spring ball #DeathRow @King_kevvoo @KBierria @azeem_vic36 @buddabaker32 @SidneyJonesIV @Drinkmysuccess

— Camilo Eifler ⛵️ (@_miloeifler) March 28, 2016

.@MasonStone23 will be wearing 35 for spring, Brian Clay's former number. #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Ross will be wearing No. 1 for @UW_Football spring football. #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

NEW NUMBERS: @vsoderberg3 12, @AmandreWilliam1 16, @trapp07 21. @UW_Football #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Also forgot to add that frosh DE Myles Rice is wearing Travis Feeney's old number - 41. #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Spring Football has begun. @UW_Football #Dawgman pic.twitter.com/OP6xNRsm4o

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

And so it begins! #UWSpringFB16 pic.twitter.com/geOTJNEulv

— Scott Eklund (@ScottEklund) March 28, 2016

Time to get back to work! #SpringFootball pic.twitter.com/UXU08ZSNpw

— UW Football (@UW_Football) March 28, 2016

John Ross III back on the field for Washington Huskies. pic.twitter.com/bDBBAAPNl3

— Percy Allen (@percyallen) March 28, 2016

Tough sledding ahead, but nothing a little hard work can't take care of. #SpringFootball

A video posted by UW Football (@uw_football) on Mar 28, 2016 at 8:39am PDT

VIDEO: Tons of footage from Day One of @UW_Football Spring Ball - https://t.co/hgpTPfI2JA #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

First 1-1 rep in Husky Stadium, @buddabaker32 with a pick off Jake Browning. #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

First impression? John Ross and Trevor Walker look 100 percent back from their injuries. #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Trey Adams talking to the media after practice. #Dawgman pic.twitter.com/eUeoYAUBD8

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

John Ross III talking to the press. #Dawgman pic.twitter.com/mgWw1YI8w9

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Quite the crowd talking with @CoachPeteUW after the first day of practice. #UWHuskies #SpringFootball

A photo posted by UW Football (@uw_football) on Mar 28, 2016 at 10:59am PDT

John Ross III practiced fully today. Petersen said he's good to go, but may pull back from time to time, depending how things go.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Petersen on Ross: "We don’t have to win spring ball with him. We’ve got to have him ready to play in September."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Petersen: "I think he looks good. John Ross always looks good. With a little luck we’ll keep him healthy and do some good things."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Petersen: "We all know the explosive player that John is, but it’s not fair to him to expect him to be the answer to solve all our issues."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Petersen didn't love a question about the Huskies potentially competing for the Pac-12 North title this year ...

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

"If we’re talking about going to the Rose Bowl, that is so out of whack right now. It’s not even fair. It’s the wrong thinking."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

"If they are thinking about that right there, there’s probably a good chance we’re not going there." Said focus needs to be "on Wednesday."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Asked later about women's hoops team, Petersen said: "That’s what we ought to be looking at, the women’s basketball team. Not Rose Bowls."

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

K.J. Carta-Samuels led the second-team offense inside the 20 before throwing three incompletions and coming up short on 4th down.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Jake Browning led the first-team offense inside the 20-yard line before Kevin King batted away a 4th-and-5 pass intended for Dante Pettis.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Budda Baker intercepted Browning during a 1-on-1 drill. Browning made a nice deep throw to Ross over Sidney Jones in a 1-on-1 drill.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

VIDEO: @CoachPeteUW talks about @UW_Football's Day One of Spring Football - https://t.co/iNux2nSIhg #Dawgman

— Chris Fetters (@Chris_Fetters) March 28, 2016

Looks like Joe Mathis will get a look at buck linebacker. He was with Victor, Bierria, Wooching with the first-team defense.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

Jones and King were at corner, Baker and McIntosh were at safety. Qualls, Gaines, Johnson up front to start.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

VIDEO: UW Huskies' John Ross on returning after injury: ‘I feel like a kid again.' https://t.co/Sblkbv4bID pic.twitter.com/Be3jxEYaZw

— Percy Allen (@percyallen) March 28, 2016

Guests at practice today included Jeff Tedford and ex-Seahawks safety Jeron Johnson, who played for Petersen at Boise State.

— Christian Caple (@ChristianCaple) March 28, 2016

VIDEO: UW Huskies’ Myles Gaskin and Trey Adams after first spring practice.https://t.co/3BcOmDWjDc pic.twitter.com/CgkP3YIlw8

— Percy Allen (@percyallen) March 28, 2016