#14

Casey Washington

Former wide receiver at Illinois. 2023: 49 catches, 670 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Illinois · Sr. · #14

6′2″ · 200 lb · Round Rock, TX

CFB Index 62 · #114 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceAtlanta — drafted 2024, Rd 6, Pick 11, #187 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1568 nationally · Signed with Illinois

Career night9 rec · 218 yds · 3 TDvs Northwestern (FBS) · L 43-45

Top 0.1% receiving yards game since 2021.

Selected Games Not At Halftime: Washington @ Wash St. (FOX) Maryland @ Rutgers (BTN) Colorado @ Utah (P12N)r/CFB game thread · ▲ 5His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Illinois. 2023: 49 catches, 670 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Illinois in 2019.
Transferred from Illinois to Wake Forest in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Atlanta in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Illinois, 1,497 receiving yards — drafted at #187 overall by Atlanta.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 218 yds vs Northwestern.Northwestern · L 43-452023

20197 games

Signed with Illinois3-star out of Pflugerville

202112 games

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by Atlantaround 6, pick 187

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1568 national

CFB

College

Illinois

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #187

Atlanta · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019

Lovie Smith

Illinois

2020

Rod Smith

Illinois

era →

2021–2023

Bret Bielema

Illinois

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Lovie Smith, Rod Smith, and Bret Bielema. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 3rd NFL season

#187Rd 6 · Pick 11

AtlantaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

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

2023Illinois5-7HC: Bret Bielema · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #114 of 497?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bret Bielema

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #114 of 497 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 27–24

at Maryland

4 rec · 60 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With L. Altmyer — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · 29 rush yds (13 car) · H. Robertson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Northwestern · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.94John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 80 yds for a TD
Week 13 · Northwestern · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +4.89John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 73 yds to the NU 3 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Toledo · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.04Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 33 yds to the TOL 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Minnesota · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.40Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 18 yds to the MINN 43 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Maryland · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 29 yds to the MD 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Northwestern · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 1 yd for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.56John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 9 yds for a TD (Caleb Griffin KICK)
Week 13 · Northwestern · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +2.55John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 18 yds to the NU 27 for a 1ST down Northwestern Penalty, Defensive Offside (Ben Bryant) declined for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Indiana · 1&15 · Q3 · EPA +2.53John Paddock pass complete to Casey Washington for 21 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Wisconsin · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.21Luke Altmyer pass complete to Casey Washington for 8 yds to the WIS 42 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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	12.1	4	80

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Casey Washington

20197 games

202112 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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