Isaiah Ward, the extra gangly edge rusher and devoted nephew to iconic NFL linebacker Bobby Wagner, leads the University of Washington football team in tackles for loss with 5 and in sacks with 3 -- dropping opposing quarterbacks in three of his past four outings against Northwestern, Michigan and Iowa.
The line of edge-rusher starting candidates for the University of Washington seemingly stretches out of Husky Stadium, across the Montlake Bridge, up the 520 corridor and into downtown Seattle, and maybe stops at the foot of Bobby Wagner's former condo.
Seven practices into University of Washington spring football, edge rusher Isaiah Ward emerged from a drill barking like a dog. The Arizona transfer was in a playful mood.
With the Arizona-Utah football game barely six and a half minutes minutes old in Tucson last November, Anthony Ward raced in from the left side, stepped around a clueless Utes blocker, blocked Jack Bouwmeester's punt, caught the ball on the second bounce and scored.
Once Bralen Trice declared his NFL intentions, the low-pressure light began blinking on the dashboard for the University of Washington football team. After