James Washington

#28 · WR · Oklahoma State6′1″ · 205 lb · Stamford, TX

James Washington: WR · Oklahoma State · #28.

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James Washington

WR · Oklahoma State · #28

Beats you over the top. Four seasons in the Oklahoma State receiving corps to date. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big 12 again in 2017. A game that shows it: 235 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Baylor — Week 7, 2017.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

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

Oklahoma State in the news

OSU coach calls out penaltyThe New York Times Nov 1
Carson Kolb out for Iowa State gameSports Illustrated Oct 29
Sanchez extends contract with Oklahoma StateOklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
Mose Phillips III out for seasonThe Oklahoman Oct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2017	Oklahoma State	74	1,549	20.9	13	86
2016	Oklahoma State	71	1,380	19.4	10	91
2015	Oklahoma State	53	1,087	20.5	10	75
2014	Oklahoma State	28	456	16.3	6	68
Career		226	4,472	19.8	39	91

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 59-24vs Tulsa	6	145	24.2	2	77	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 44-7@ South Alabama	2	98	49.0	1	66
Wk 3	W 59-21@ Pittsburgh	5	124	24.8	0	39
Wk 4	L 31-44vs No. 16 TCU	6	153	25.5	1	86	153-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 41-34@ Texas Tech	9	127	14.1	1	30
Wk 7	W 59-16vs Baylor	6	235	39.2	1	68	Season-high 235 yds
Wk 8	W 13-10@ Texas	4	32	8.0	0	14
Wk 9	W 50-39@ No. 22 West Virginia	7	91	13.0	2	19	2 TD catches
Wk 10	L 52-62vs No. 8 Oklahoma	7	128	18.3	1	51
Wk 11	W 49-42@ No. 24 Iowa State	1	25	25.0	0	22
Wk 12	L 40-45vs Kansas State	8	159	19.9	2	52	2 TD catches
Wk 13	W 58-17vs Kansas	8	106	13.3	1	30
Bowl	W 30-21vs No. 22 Virginia Tech	5	126	25.2	1	65
Total		74	1549	20.9	13	86

Signature game

Week 12 · 2017

L 40-45

vs Kansas State

8 rec · 159 yds · 2 TD

With M. Rudolph — 425 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 48.1 · Z. Sinor — 47 yards per punt · 5 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · TCU · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +6.84Mason Rudolph pass complete to James Washington for 86 yds for a TD, (Matt Ammendola KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +6.45Rudolph to Washington: a 65-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Tulsa · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.21Rudolph to Washington: a 77-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · South Alabama · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +6.10Rudolph to Washington: a 66-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Baylor · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +5.47Mason Rudolph pass complete to James Washington for 68 yds for a TD, (Matt Ammendola KICK)
Week 1 · Tulsa · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +4.16Rudolph to Washington: a 40-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 5 · Texas Tech · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +3.12Mason Rudolph pass complete to James Washington for 20 yds to the TexTc 36 for a
Week 12 · Kansas State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.09Rudolph to Washington: a 38-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Rudolph to Washington: a 19-yard pass.
Week 13 · Kansas · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Mason Rudolph pass complete to James Washington for 17 yds to the Kans 47 for a

Teams and coaches

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

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2017 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (94th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#45 / 709 · 94th pct

18.5

Explosive rate#119 / 709 · 83rd pct

18.1%

EPA / target#225 / 709 · 68th pct

0.62

TD rate#327 / 709 · 53rd pct

4.8%

Catch rate#481 / 709 · 32nd pct

62.9%

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

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

75th → 68th percentile

Explosive rate

91st → 83rd percentile

Catch rate

24th → 32nd percentile

TD rate

83rd → 53rd percentile

Yards / catch

96th → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2017. 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

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.8	154	23.4	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

2017 season

Head Coach

Mike Gundy

Pass share

50.4%

503 pass / 495 run

Plays / game

76.8

13 games

Team sack rate

4.1%

539 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

James Washington

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Style of play

Fans

Oklahoma State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Oklahoma State, drafted

2015 13 games

2016 13 games

2017 13 games

2018