Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Arkansas
Michael Washington
RB • 6'2" • 223 lbs • Utica, NY, USA
Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency
Michael Washington leans workhorse runner traits and 65.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arkansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Buffalo • New Mexico State • Arkansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Player Story
Michael Washington built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Utica, NY wearing No. 4, spending time with Arkansas, Buffalo, and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Michael Washington's...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 122
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Michael Washington, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Arkansas. Michael Washington leans workhorse runner traits and 65.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,293
- Rushing yards
- 2,881
- Receiving yards
- 412
- Touchdowns
- 29
Quick Answers
Michael Washington quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arkansas · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,293
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Arkansas
- Top game
- Texas A&M
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Cicero-North Syracuse · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Cicero-North Syracuse · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 4 · Pick 22 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,294 scrimmage yards · RB 24th (top 4%) · SEC 4th (top 2%) · National 27th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 132 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Buffalo | 13 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Buffalo | 13 | 664 | 587 | 77 | 8 | 53.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 397 | 362 | 35 | 2 | 43.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 12 | 787 | 713 | 74 | 9 | 60.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas | 12 | 1,294 | 1,068 | 226 | 9 | 83.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Michael Washington played RB for Buffalo, New Mexico State, and Arkansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Washington recorded 2,881 rushing yards, 412 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Arkansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Arkansas paired 1,294 primary output with 65.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 65.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Buffalo, New Mexico State, Arkansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Loss with 163 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Arkansas
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
107.8
Efficiency
65.6
Usage
31.3
Consistency
78.7
Best Game by takeover score
Texas A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 105. Arkansas State: 116. Ole Miss: 118. Memphis: 84. Notre Dame: 69. Tennessee: 137. Texas A&M: 163. Auburn: 52. Mississippi State: 135. LSU: 91. Texas: 148. Missouri: 76
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 11 by 89.8. Arkansas State: 9 by 100. Ole Miss: 15 by 64. Memphis: 17 by 49.8. Notre Dame: 16 by 44.2. Tennessee: 20 by 71.6. Texas A&M: 19 by 85.7. Auburn: 13 by 38. Mississippi State: 23 by 62.6. LSU: 14 by 67.9. Texas: 23 by 65.4. Missouri: 16 by 48.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins110.5 · Games = 2 · +3.2 vs Losses
Losses107.3 · Games = 10 · -3.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Missouri | L 17-31 | 11 | 50 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 4.8 |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Texas100 rush yards | L 37-52 | 17 | 105 | 6.20 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 6.4 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ LSU | L 22-23 | 13 | 85 | 6.50 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.5 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Mississippi State100 rush yards | L 35-38 | 19 | 116 | 6.10 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 5.9 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Auburn | L 24-33 | 12 | 41 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Texas A&M100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 42-45 | 16 | 147 | 9.20 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8.6 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Tennessee100 rush yards | L 31-34 | 19 | 131 | 6.90 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.8 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Notre Dame | L 13-56 | 15 | 63 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Memphis | L 31-32 | 15 | 70 | 4.70 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4.9 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Ole Miss2+ TD | L 35-41 | 13 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 7.9 |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Arkansas State100 rush yards | W 56-14 | 9 | 116 | 12.90 | 1 | — | — | 12.9 |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Alabama A&M | W 52-7 | 9 | 79 | 8.80 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9.5 |
Player Story
Michael Washington story
Michael Washington built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a running back from Utica, NY wearing No. 4, spending time with Arkansas, Buffalo, and New Mexico State. The clearest part of Michael Washington's career was his backfield work: 2,881 rushing yards, 578 carries, 26 rushing touchdowns, and 412 receiving yards across 51 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Arkansas. 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 412 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 87 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 51 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas, Buffalo, and New Mexico State.
The arc is straightforward: Michael Washington 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
Buffalo
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
New Mexico State
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Arkansas
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Buffalo | 132 | 71.1 | 11 | — |
| 2022 Postseason | Buffalo | 683 | 43.4 | 20.1 | 551 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Buffalo | 683 | 43.4 | 20.1 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 397 | 35.7 | 17.4 | -286 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 787 | 44.4 | 25.5 | 390 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1,294 | 65.6 | 31.3 | 507 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 9 Texas A&M
Week 8 · L 42-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 163 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
95.2 takeover
163 scrimmage yards and 36.5 usage.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 11 · L 28-41 · Conference game
152
Scrimmage Yards
88.9 takeover
Loss with 152 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
152 scrimmage yards and 29.2 usage.
#3
@ Bowling Green
Week 6 · W 38-7 · Conference game
155
Scrimmage Yards
87.6 takeover
Win with 155 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
155 scrimmage yards and 26.2 usage.
#4
@ No. 17 Texas
Week 13 · L 37-52 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
148
Scrimmage Yards
85.4 takeover
Loss with 148 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
148 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.
#5
vs No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 10 · L 35-38 · Conference game
135
Scrimmage Yards
81.8 takeover
Loss with 135 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
135 scrimmage yards and 35.4 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Arkansas
1,294 primary output · 65.6 efficiency · 31.3 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State
60.4
787 primary · 44.4 efficiency · 25.5 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Buffalo
53.4
683 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 20.1 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
6
2+ TD games
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