#21

Grant Washington

Sophomore running back for Minnesota. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.

RB · Minnesota · So. · #21

5′10″ · 205 lb · Avon, OH · St. Ignatius

Returning to Minnesota for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETvs AkronHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota by 24

How he plays

Yards / carry: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

132

rushing yards · 2025

6.3 per carry

2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 126 rush yds, vs Northwestern State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 running back for Minnesota. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Minnesota in 2025.

His career, year by year

Grant Washington

RB · Minnesota · So · #21

The receipt on tape: 126 rush yds against Northwestern State, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (90th percentile). Concern: carries (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / carry#36 / 349 · 90th pct

6.3

Long run#328 / 349 · 6th pct

Rush TDs#326 / 349 · 3rd pct

Rush yards#346 / 349 · 1st pct

132

Carries#350 / 349 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 66.0 YDS/g, 6.2 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Minnesota	21	132	6.3	0	--
Career		21	132	6.3	0	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Northwestern State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.20Grant Washington run for no gain to the NWST 2
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Grant Washington run for 8 yds to the NWST 32 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.00Grant Washington run for 8 yds to the MINN 49
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 2&18 · Q4 · EPA +0.90Grant Washington run for 9 yds to the NWST 40
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +0.79Grant Washington run for 7 yds to the MINN 38 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.67Grant Washington run for 2 yds to the MINN 40
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.63Grant Washington run for 7 yds to the NWST 46
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +0.46Grant Washington run for 5 yds to the MINN 41 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +0.41Grant Washington run for 9 yds to the NWST 37 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northwestern State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.37Grant Washington run for a loss of 1 yard to the NWST 14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Northwestern State	20	126	6.3	16	Season-high 126 yds
Wk 9	L 3-41@ Iowa	1	6	6.0	6
Total		21	132	6.2	16

The backfield · Minnesota

#1Darius TaylorRB · Sr.670 rushing yards · 2025
#21Grant WashingtonRB · So.132 rushing yards · 2025
#2A.J. TurnerRB · Sr.64 rushing yards · 2025
#9Xavier FordRB · So.35 rushing yards · 2025
#22Jaron ThomasRB · So.15 rushing yards · 2025

4 more on the roster · Minnesota team page

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

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