Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-24@ California | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-10vs San Diego State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#90
Amier Washington
Junior defensive lineman on UCLA's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 286 lb · Orange, TX · Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS / Texas Tech
Transferred Texas Tech → UCLA for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 4 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs San Diego State
Statement game4 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksvs California (FBS) · W 34-14
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
We literally did that to Washington... Because we thought Penix would need help scoringr/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on UCLA's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas Tech in 2023.
- Transferred from Texas Tech to UCLA in 2026.
Amier Washington
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Amier Washington has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against San Diego State — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Texas Tech3-star out of Little Cypress-Mauriceville
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Chip Kelly, Deshaun Foster, Tim Skipper, and Bob Chesney. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UCLA
2025Texas Tech
2026UCLA
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Texas Tech7-6HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Texas Tech12-2HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
2026UCLA2-0HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UCLA | 4 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–10
3 TOT · 0 TFL
With C. Gerrand — 49 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · N. Iamaleava — 151 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 31.0 · 57 rush yds (13 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to JJ Hawkins’s 2024 season.
Matches JJ on
Sack rate
TFL rate
Hurry rate
Differs from JJ on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to RJ Moss Jr.'s sophomore season at South Alabama (2024).
Matches RJ on
Weight
TFL rate
Height
Differs from RJ on
Sack rate (higher)
Hurry rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Amier Washington
The defensive line · UCLA
- #15Sahir West14 tackles for loss · 2025
- #97Aiden Gobaira7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #55A.J. Fuimaono1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #90Amier Washington1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #24Cole Cogshell1 tackle for loss · 2025
12 more on the roster · UCLA team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology