Introduction:
Age: 22
Height: 6’0
Weight: 223
Stats: 51 games, 587 attempts, 2914 yards (5.1 AVG), 26 touchdowns | 73 receptions, 470 yards, 3 TD | 10 fumbles,
Positional Splits:
- RB: Entire Carer
RAS Testing:
- 4.33 40 (1.51 10-Split), 39 Vert, 10’08 Broad, 4.32 Shuttle, 6.96 3-Cone, 17 reps | 9.87 RAS
Positives:
Washington spent time at Buffalo, New Mexico State, and Arkansas with his final season in the SEC being his best with a career high 1070 yards, career high 6.5 yards per touch, and another career high in receptions, yards, receiving touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. Washington has elite long speed, he’s a true homerun threat,
and shows incredible ability to hit a gap and use his fly downfield. His first step quickness is incredible, he has the long speed to pair, and is likely a strong change of pace runningback. He has good lateral movement in the open field, but he will struggle behind or at the LOS. He has a good downhill approach, but shows patience to let blocks develop, and utilizes his athleticism to make a play in the backfield to find a gap. Washington will run over defenders, he’s not afraid of contact majority of the time. He’s shown a good anchor in pass pro, does a good job to hold up as a pass protector, has a nasty streak, and takes pride in punishing defenders as a blocker. Washington has good step out of contact, he’s able to change direction quickly, and his true speed shows in a lot of his overall NFL impact, where Washington works best outside of the tackle, but can work when blocks align inside the tackle as well. He’s decisive, and won’t go down easy till he’s gotten at least 3-4 yards. He shows a good ability to be a receiver, has solid hands, and he’s good with the ball in his hands, though there’s not much of a dynamic receiving ability.
Weakness:
Washington isn’t overly dynamic at times, and likely isn’t a true every down back. He has a limited route tree, was mainly a dump off threat, and he also doesn’t show great route running skills either. Washington can be stiff in his hips due to his build, and he’ll need to add some more lower body power as well to keep his legs moving. Washington doesn’t have phonebooth agility, but he is good in the open field, which is why it works best in a wide outside the tackles concept. He has a really bad fumble history, and the way he plays does cause him to put the ball in danger. Washington can also avoid contact at times, especially downfield where he’ll look to go out of bounds, or simply not fight for the extra contact. Additionally, I’d like to see him do better using his speed to get outside in the open field, instead of trying to run someone over, or make a move that’s just not overall great.
Recap:
Washington projects as the Raiders second runningback, he’s a complimentary back to Ashton Jeanty, and his blend of speed, patience, and outside zone capabilities will really help work in the wide zone system. He’s a true homerun threat, and he does show some power, which he’ll need to tap into more often. Washington can work on third downs, he has the ability to pass protect, and he’s also a natural receiver as well who you can utilize on concepts downfield with his speed and acceleration. Klint Kubiak wanted to add a secondary runningback for Las Vegas, and Washington is the definition. He’s an incredible home run threat, and will be schemed into having the concepts necessary to succeed.
Pro Comp: Latavius Murray
Ceiling: Multi-time 1,000 yard rusher
Floor: Complimentary back
Consensus: 96th
