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<\/p>\nOnce Husky Pro Day was over, it wasn’t really over for Carver Willis.<\/p>\n
Last season’s University of Washington starting left tackle found himself immediately surrounded by all four other first-teamers who had shared the Husky huddle with him on game day plus offensive-line coach Michael Switzer. <\/p>\n
They hugged, they slapped shoulders, they laughed,<\/p>\n
The personable Willis, who transferred to the UW from Kansas State for his senior year, in many ways was a heart and soul leader for the Huskies and these guys wanted to show him their appreciation at Dempsey Indoor as he takes another big step with his football ambitions.<\/p>\n
“Playing for Washington was the best decision I ever made,” the personable Willis said. “I will forever love my time here. It absolutely helped. My time here is something I hold in great regard.”<\/p>\n
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Carver Willis entertains his former UW teammates at Pro Day. | Dan Raley<\/p>\n
The 6-foot-5, 312-pound Colorado native went to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis a month ago as that seasoned left and right tackle at his prior college stops and found himself going from drill to drill at Husky Pro Day while making a possible conversion to center.<\/p>\n
“As much as I’d love to be a franchise left tackle, you don’t pass the eye test,” he conceded.<\/p>\n
Instead, he’s a much more compact looking blocker with nimble feet who’s willing to move inside if it will lead to a pro football career. <\/p>\n
As always, he’s got a sense of humor about it all as he tries to convince some franchise to select him.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, we all preach like being a pro, how to be a pro, and I’ve learned a lot about the NFL,” Willis said of his UW tour of duty. “Like exposure is great, but the NFL will find you anywhere, though. If you’re living in a ditch and run a 4.2, you’ll probably get a shot.”<\/p>\n
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Carver Willis sets himself in the Apple Cup against WSU. | Dave Sizer photo <\/p>\n
Before arriving at the UW, he wasn’t very well versed on the NFL nuances and he now can talk and understand the terminology after a lone season with the Huskies. He also got to snap for the pro scouts for the first time this week and show off his versatility. <\/p>\n
While the Senior Bowl, NFL Combine and Husky Pro Day have come and gone for him, Willis feels ready for just about anything as he prepares for next month’s draft. <\/p>\n
“A guard that can play center is cool,” he said. “I think centers who can play guard and tackle is pretty rare. For me, training in that is huge. Center is a fun new challenge.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once Husky Pro Day was over, it wasn’t really over for Carver Willis. Last season’s University of Washington…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-546903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}