Player Dossier

2020-2025

SMU

Aakil Washington

LB • 6'3" • 243 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aakil Washington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Liberty

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Liberty • South Alabama • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Player Story

Aakil Washington built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 16, spending time with Liberty, SMU, and South Alabama. The clearest part of Aakil Washington's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8081

Wheeler · Marietta, GA

Committed To
Liberty
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Aakil Washington, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Liberty. Aakil Washington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
116
TFL
9.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Aakil Washington quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · LB
Career Tackles
116
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 43 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Liberty
Top game
Massachusetts
Recruit profile
3-star · Wheeler · Liberty
High school pipeline
Wheeler · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonLiberty61-01-049.4
2020 Regular SeasonLiberty661131049.4
2021 PostseasonLiberty111-0--044.9
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty11265.54.5--044.9
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty123920-2023
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty220.50--018.7
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama125-0-1043.7
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama12360.50.542043.7
2025 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-

Related Context

Aakil Washington played LB for Liberty, South Alabama, and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Aakil Washington recorded 116 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Liberty.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Liberty paired 7 primary output with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Liberty, South Alabama, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Postseason · Liberty

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

5.4

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Massachusetts

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 0. Campbell: 0. Troy: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Syracuse: 0. UAB: 2. UL Monroe: 1. North Texas: 2. Massachusetts: 3. Louisiana: 2. Army: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Campbell: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 3 by 32.5. UL Monroe: 6 by 35. North Texas: 3 by 32.5. Massachusetts: 4 by 46.7. Louisiana: 2 by 28.3. Army: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Massachusetts

Result
Sat 12/18vs Eastern MichiganW 56-2010000
Sat 11/27vs ArmyL 16-3110000
Sat 11/20vs LouisianaSplash gameL 14-4221110
Sat 10/30vs MassachusettsSplash gameW 62-1744210
Sat 10/23@ North TexasSplash gameW 35-2632110
Sat 10/16@ UL MonroeL 28-31610.500.500
Sat 10/2@ UABSplash gameW 36-1233110
Sat 9/25@ SyracuseL 21-2411000
Sat 9/18vs Old DominionW 45-1721000
Sat 9/11@ TroyW 21-1320000
Sat 9/4vs CampbellW 48-720000

Player Story

Aakil Washington story

Aakil Washington built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 16, spending time with Liberty, SMU, and South Alabama. The clearest part of Aakil Washington's career was his defensive production: 116 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Aakil Washington's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Liberty

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Alabama

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    SMU

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020202021202120222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonLiberty716.65.7
2020 Regular SeasonLiberty716.65.70
2021 PostseasonLiberty1019.35.43
2021 Regular SeasonLiberty1019.35.40
2022 Regular SeasonLiberty416.92.9-6
2023 Regular SeasonLiberty0.56.71.5-3.5
2024 PostseasonSouth Alabama820.93.87.5
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama820.93.80
2025 Regular SeasonSMU0-8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 9 · W 62-17 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#2

@ NC State

Week 12 · L 14-15

3

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Troy

Week 8 · W 25-9 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#4

@ North Texas

Week 8 · W 35-26

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Louisiana

Week 12 · L 14-42

2

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Liberty

7 primary output · 16.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

49.4

#2

2020 Regular Season · Liberty

49.4

7 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Liberty

44.9

10 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games