Casey Washington

#14 · WR · Sr. · Illinois6′2″ · 200 lb · Round Rock, TX · Pflugerville

Casey Washington: WR · Illinois · #14.

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Casey Washington

WR · Illinois · Sr · #14

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Illinois. On tape: 218 receiving yards and 9 receptions against Northwestern, Week 13, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Illinois in the news

Oregon fires OC MehringerLancasterOnline Oct 25
Bret Bielema's father passes awayYahoo Sports Oct 25
Jalen Lott, Messiah Hampton out vs IllinoisDucks Wire Oct 24
Oregon WR Evan Stewart arrested for DUIOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Illinois	49	670	13.7	4	80
2022	Illinois	31	295	9.5	0	25
2021	Illinois	21	294	14.0	0	56
2020	Illinois	10	106	10.6	0	20
2019	Illinois	11	132	12.0	0	20
Career		122	1,497	12.3	4	80

Season	Team
2023	Illinois	--
2022	Illinois	--
2021	Illinois	30
2020	Illinois	--
2019	Illinois	--
Career		30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-28vs Toledo	4	54	13.5	0	33
Wk 2	L 23-34@ Kansas	3	14	4.7	0	10
Wk 3	L 13-30vs No. 7 Penn State	2	22	11.0	0	13
Wk 4	W 23-17vs Florida Atlantic	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 5	L 19-44@ Purdue	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 6	L 7-20vs Nebraska	4	55	13.8	0	20
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Maryland	4	60	15.0	0	29
Wk 8	L 21-25vs Wisconsin	4	34	8.5	0	13
Wk 10	W 27-26@ Minnesota	2	24	12.0	0	18
Wk 11	W 48-45vs Indiana	5	99	19.8	1	23
Wk 12	L 13-15@ Iowa	8	58	7.3	0	13
Wk 13	L 43-45vs Northwestern	9	218	24.2	3	80	Season-high 218 yds
Total		49	670	13.7	4	80

Signature game

Week 13 · 2023

L 43-45

vs Northwestern

9 rec · 218 yds · 3 TD

With J. Paddock — 334 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 64.8 · I. Williams — 6 rec · 57 yds · 14 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 13 · Northwestern · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.94John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 80 yds for a TD
Week 13 · Northwestern · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +4.89John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 73 yds to the NU 3 for a
Week 1 · Toledo · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +4.04Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 33 yds to the TOL 36 for a
Week 10 · Minnesota · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 18 yds to the MINN 43 for a
Week 7 · Maryland · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 29 yds to the MD 42 for a
Week 13 · Northwestern · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 1 yd for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

4 more plays

Week 13 · Northwestern · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.56John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 9 yds for a TD (Caleb Griffin KICK)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.55John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 18 yds to the NU 27 for a Northwestern Penalty, Defensive Offside (Ben Bryant) declined for a
Week 11 · Indiana · 1st and 15 · Q3 · EPA +2.53John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 21 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Week 8 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 8 yds to the WIS 42 for a

Teams and coaches

2019Illinois6-7HC: Lovie Smith · Run-leaning

2020Illinois2-6HC: Lovie Smith · Run-heavy

2021Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2022Illinois8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 62 (#114 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

62Quality starter #114 of 497 · 2023?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (94th percentile). Strength: receptions (80th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#171 / 639 · 73rd pct

0.95

Yards / catch#207 / 639 · 68th pct

13.8

Explosive rate#322 / 639 · 49th pct

13.6%

TD rate#338 / 639 · 47th pct

5.1%

Catch rate#386 / 639 · 40th pct

79.7%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#31 / 566 · 94th pct

Receptions#111 / 566 · 80th pct

Rec yards#116 / 566 · 80th pct

670

Rec TDs#146 / 566 · 69th pct

Yards / catch#225 / 566 · 60th pct

13.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

11th → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

20th → 49th percentile

Catch rate

28th → 40th percentile

TD rate

7th → 47th percentile

Yards / catch

19th → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	70.7	13.9	0.6
Road5g	3.8	35.0	9.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	33.9	10.6	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	86.6	14.4	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Pass share

51.4%

413 pass / 390 run

Plays / game

66.9

12 games

Team sack rate

8.8%

457 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

49 catches in 12 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

62 · #114 of 497 WRs · 2023

Three-star recruit. Now #114 at the position.

Casey Washington

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Style of play

Fans

Illinois in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

49 catches in 12 games

Five seasons at Illinois, drafted

Moves

2019 7 games

2021 12 games

2024