#28

James Washington

Former wide receiver at Oklahoma State. 2017: 74 catches, 1,549 receiving yards, 13 TD.

WR · Oklahoma State · #28

6′1″ · 205 lb · Stamford, TX

Pittsburgh — drafted 2018, Rd 2, Pick 28, #60 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Oklahoma State. 2017: 74 catches, 1,549 receiving yards, 13 TD.

Drafted round 2 by the Pittsburgh in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 4,472 receiving yards — drafted at #60 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 296 yds vs Pittsburgh.Pittsburgh · W 45-382016

2018

Drafted by Pittsburghround 2, pick 60

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Oklahoma State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #60

Pittsburgh · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Mike Gundy

Oklahoma State

Played his entire career under Mike Gundy.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 9th NFL season

#60Rd 2 · Pick 28

PittsburghEntering 9th NFL season

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2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 37-15 over that span.

2014Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning

2015Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced

2016Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced

2017Oklahoma State10-3HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (100th percentile). Strength: rec tds (99th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#1 / 539 · 100th pct

1549

Rec TDs#4 / 539 · 99th pct

Long catch#13 / 539 · 97th pct

Yards / catch#18 / 539 · 97th pct

20.9

Receptions#23 / 539 · 95th pct

Rush TDs#9 / 283 · 89th pct

Rush yards#145 / 283 · 48th pct

Fumbles lost#64 / 223 · 42nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.6	150	23.7	1.3
Road6g	4.7	82.8	22.3	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	144	28.9	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	90.2	16.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Oklahoma State	74	1,549	20.9	13	--
2016	Oklahoma State	71	1,380	19.4	10	--
2015	Oklahoma State	53	1,087	20.5	10	--
2014	Oklahoma State	28	456	16.3	6	--
Career		226	4,472	19.8	39	--

Season	Team
2017	Oklahoma State	3	12	--	--	--
2016	Oklahoma State	4	28	2	--	--
2015	Oklahoma State	1	10	59	--	--
2014	Oklahoma State	1	20	22	--	--
Career		9	70	83	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 30–21

vs Virginia Tech

5 rec · 126 yds · 1 TD

With M. Rudolph — 351 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.4 · 6 rush yds (5 car) · Z. Sinor — 46 AVG · 49 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week