Darnell Washington

Former tight end at Georgia. 2022: 28 catches, 454 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · Georgia · Jr.

6′7″ · 270 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 58 · #35 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceAll-ConferencePittsburgh — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 30, #93 overall

Recruiting

5★

ATH recruit

No. 23 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Georgia. 2022: 28 catches, 454 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Georgia in 2020.
Drafted round 3 by the Pittsburgh in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia, 774 receiving yards — drafted at #93 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 78 yds vs Vanderbilt.Vanderbilt · W 55-02022

20203 games

Signed with Georgia5-star out of Desert Pines

202213 games

The role got bigger.

All-SECsecond

2023

Drafted by Pittsburghround 3, pick 93

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#23 national

CFB

College

Georgia

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #93

Pittsburgh · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Kirby Smart

Georgia

Played his entire career under Kirby Smart.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

#93Rd 3 · Pick 30

PittsburghEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kirby Smart — 37-3 over that span.

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Georgia14-1HC: Kirby Smart · Run-heavy

2022Georgia15-0HC: Kirby Smart · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #35 of 132?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (94th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (88th percentile). Concern: catch rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#39 / 636 · 94th pct

25.6%

Yards / catch#77 / 636 · 88th pct

16.2

EPA / target#310 / 636 · 51st pct

0.70

TD rate#369 / 636 · 42nd pct

5.1%

Catch rate#459 / 636 · 28th pct

71.8%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#6 / 158 · 97th pct

16.2

Rec yards#20 / 158 · 88th pct

454

Receptions#47 / 158 · 69th pct

Long catch#84 / 158 · 46th pct

Rec TDs#73 / 158 · 44th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home10g	1.9	31.5	16.1	0.1
Road3g	3.0	46.3	16.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-79g	2.0	35.8	17.4	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	33.0	13.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirby Smart

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #35 of 132 TEs

Former five-star. Now #35 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia	28	454	16.2	2	--
2021	Georgia	10	154	15.4	1	--
2020	Georgia	7	166	23.7	0	--
Career		45	774	17.2	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 42–41

vs Ohio State

1 rec · 9 yds

Edged out Ohio State at home in a shootout.

With S. Bennett — 398 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · -18 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · K. Jackson — 1 rec · 35 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 2&18 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 27 yds to the Vandy 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Kent State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.97Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 23 yds to the KntSt 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · LSU · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.86Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 14 yds for a TD (Jack Podlesny KICK)
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.70Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 34 yds to the Geo 49 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 15 yds to the Geo 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · TCU · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 28 yds to the TCU 13 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Vanderbilt · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 10 yds to the Geo 49 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.07Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 2 yds for a TD, (Jack Podlesny KICK)
Week 11 · Mississippi State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.62Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 7 yds to the MisSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Florida · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.53Stetson Bennett pass complete to Darnell Washington for 25 yds to the Fla 2 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-3vs Oregon	2	33	16.5	0	25
Wk 2	W 33-0vs Samford	2	33	16.5	0	28
Wk 3	W 48-7@ South Carolina	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 39-22vs Kent State	2	39	19.5	0	23
Wk 5	W 26-22@ Missouri	3	64	21.3	0	30
Wk 6	W 42-10vs Auburn	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 7	W 55-0vs Vanderbilt	4	78	19.5	0	34	Season-high 78 yds
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Florida	3	47	15.7	0	25
Wk 11	W 45-19@ Mississippi State	5	60	12.0	1	30
Wk 13	W 37-14vs Georgia Tech	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 14	W 50-30vs LSU	1	14	14.0	1	14
Bowl	W 42-41vs Ohio State	1	9	9.0	0	9
Bowl	W 65-7vs TCU	1	28	28.0	0	28
Total		28	454	16.1	2	34

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

Darnell Washington

20203 games

202213 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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