Player Dossier

2021-2025

Arkansas

Michael Washington

RB • 6'2" • 223 lbs • Utica, NY, USA

Workhorse runnerBig-play efficiency

Michael Washington leans workhorse runner traits and 65.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

72%

Major offensive role

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.7956

Cicero-North Syracuse · Cicero, NY

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonBuffalo31321320146.3
2022 PostseasonBuffalo1319190053.4
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo1366458777853.4
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo1139736235243.5
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1278771374960.4
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas121,2941,068226983.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Buffalo to BuffaloG5/FCS to G5/FCS15Dec 20, 2021

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.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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

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 11/29vs MissouriL 17-3111504.5005264.8
Sat 11/22@ Texas100 rush yardsL 37-52171056.2016436.4
Sat 11/15@ LSUL 22-2313856.501166.5
Sat 11/1vs Mississippi State100 rush yardsL 35-38191166.1014195.9
Sat 10/25vs AuburnL 24-3312413.4001114
Sat 10/18vs Texas A&M100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 42-45161479.2003168.6
Sat 10/11@ Tennessee100 rush yardsL 31-34191316.901166.8
Sat 9/27vs Notre DameL 13-5615634.200164.3
Sat 9/20@ MemphisL 31-3215704.7012144.9
Sat 9/13@ Ole Miss2+ TDL 35-411365522537.9
Sat 9/6vs Arkansas State100 rush yardsW 56-14911612.90112.9
Sat 8/30vs Alabama A&MW 52-79798.8002269.5

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. 1

    Buffalo

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Arkansas

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonBuffalo13271.111
2022 PostseasonBuffalo68343.420.1551
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo68343.420.10
2023 Regular SeasonBuffalo39735.717.4-286
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State78744.425.5390
2025 Regular SeasonArkansas1,29465.631.3507

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