Player Dossier

2020-2025

Virginia

Harrison Waylee

RB • 5'10" • 212 lbs • Johnston, IA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Harrison Waylee leans balanced backfield option traits and 44 efficiency.

Usage / Role

65%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a back

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Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Wyoming

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Northern Illinois • Wyoming • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Harrison Waylee built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Johnston, IA wearing No. 21, spending time with Northern Illinois, Virginia, and Wyoming. The clearest part of Harrison Waylee's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.7985

Urbandale · Urbandale, IA

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Harrison Waylee, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Wyoming. Harrison Waylee leans balanced backfield option traits and 44 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
4,051
Rushing yards
3,755
Receiving yards
296
Touchdowns
23

Quick Answers

Harrison Waylee quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
4,051
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 49 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Wyoming
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
3-star · Urbandale · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Urbandale · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
595 scrimmage yards · RB 178th (top 25%) · ACC 53rd (top 15%) · National 372nd (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois651745661264.2
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois55805746471.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois111,018899119573.8
2023 PostseasonWyoming1094913081.8
2023 Regular SeasonWyoming1091985663581.8
2024 Regular SeasonWyoming43283235155.8
2025 PostseasonVirginia13806812150.3
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia1351548827550.3

Related Context

Harrison Waylee played RB for Northern Illinois, Wyoming, and Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Harrison Waylee recorded 3,755 rushing yards, 296 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Wyoming paired 1,013 primary output with 56.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 49.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northern Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

92.5

Efficiency

49.8

Usage

29.6

Consistency

60.7

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 90. Tulsa: 24. Vanderbilt: 49. Kentucky: 63. Ball State: 230. Toledo: 123. Eastern Michigan: 164. Ohio: 100. Central Michigan: 139. Miami (OH): 9. Akron: 27

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 15 by 62.1. Tulsa: 6 by 37.9. Vanderbilt: 18 by 30.5. Kentucky: 18 by 36.5. Ball State: 31 by 78.8. Toledo: 23 by 35.3. Eastern Michigan: 17 by 90.2. Ohio: 19 by 55.6. Central Michigan: 21 by 70.1. Miami (OH): 6 by 15.6. Akron: 8 by 35.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins127 · Games = 2 · +42.1 vs Losses
Losses84.9 · Games = 9 · -42.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

90.2 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 11/26vs AkronL 12-448273.4003.4
Thu 11/17vs Miami (OH)L 23-29691.5001.5
Wed 11/2vs Central Michigan100 rush yardsL 22-35201366.800136.6
Sat 10/22@ OhioL 17-2418975.400135.3
Sat 10/15@ Eastern Michigan100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 39-10161589.901169.6
Sat 10/8vs ToledoL 32-5213272.10010965.3
Sat 10/1@ Ball State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 38-44302307.703107.4
Sat 9/24@ KentuckyL 23-3118633.5003.5
Sat 9/17vs VanderbiltL 28-3817523.1001-32.7
Sat 9/10@ TulsaL 35-385173.400174
Fri 9/2vs Eastern IllinoisW 34-2714835.901176

Player Story

Harrison Waylee story

Harrison Waylee built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Johnston, IA wearing No. 21, spending time with Northern Illinois, Virginia, and Wyoming. The clearest part of Harrison Waylee's career was his backfield work: 3,755 rushing yards, 718 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 296 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 296 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois, Virginia, and Wyoming.

The arc is straightforward: Harrison Waylee moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wyoming

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Virginia

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois51744.333.4
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois58057.136.363
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1,01849.829.6438
2023 PostseasonWyoming1,01356.435.9-5
2023 Regular SeasonWyoming1,01356.435.90
2024 Regular SeasonWyoming32847.127.7-685
2025 PostseasonVirginia5954415.5267
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia5954415.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 5 · W 35-26 · Conference game

Win with 191 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

98.1 takeover

191 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.

#2

@ Ball State

Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game

230

Scrimmage Yards

92.9 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

230 scrimmage yards and 41.9 usage.

#3

vs App State

Week 4 · W 22-19

163

Scrimmage Yards

91 takeover

Win with 163 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

163 scrimmage yards and 56.3 usage.

#4

vs Wyoming

Week 2 · L 43-50

185

Scrimmage Yards

90.5 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

185 scrimmage yards and 47.4 usage.

#5

@ New Mexico

Week 10 · W 49-45 · Conference game

170

Scrimmage Yards

88.5 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

170 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Wyoming

1,013 primary output · 56.4 efficiency · 35.9 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Wyoming

81.8

1,013 primary · 56.4 efficiency · 35.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

73.8

1,018 primary · 49.8 efficiency · 29.6 usage

Milestones

14

100+ rush yards

7

150+ scrimmage yards

3

2+ TD games