Michael Washington

Former running back at Arkansas. 2025: 1,068 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 28 catches.

RB · Arkansas · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 223 lb · Utica, NY

CFB Index 82 · #13 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceIndianapolis — drafted 1975, Rd 3, Pick 1, #53 overall

The numbers

1,068

rushing yards · 2025

8 TD · 6.4 per carry · 28 catches

The play that turned itSwung Arkansas from 44% to 80% to win.Arkansas at LSU · 23-22

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Arkansas. 2025: 1,068 rushing yards, 8 rushing TD, 28 catches.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2021.
Drafted round 4 by the Las Vegas in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Hits the crease and outruns the angle.

Yards / carry: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Five seasons at Arkansas, 2,881 rushing yards — drafted at #53 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20213 games

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Cicero-North Syracuse

2026

Drafted by Las Vegasround 4, pick 122

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2494 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2021–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #122

Las Vegas · 2026

Coaching lineage · 2021–2025

1 coach

2021–2025

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Sam Pittman.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 52nd NFL season

#53Rd 3 · Pick 1

IndianapolisEntering 52nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Buffalo4-8HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2022Buffalo7-6HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2023Buffalo3-9HC: Maurice Linguist · Balanced

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025Arkansas2-10HC: Sam Pittman · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

82All-Conference level #13 of 326?

High confidenceReinvented13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / carry (87th percentile). Strength: rush yards (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#62 / 456 · 87th pct

6.3

Explosive rate#93 / 456 · 80th pct

9.2%

Success rate#124 / 456 · 73rd pct

48.5%

EPA / carry#195 / 456 · 57th pct

0.13

TD rate#200 / 456 · 56th pct

3.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#28 / 349 · 92nd pct

1068

Yards / carry#31 / 349 · 91st pct

6.4

Rec yards#37 / 338 · 89th pct

226

Receptions#39 / 338 · 88th pct

Carries#50 / 349 · 86th pct

168

Rush TDs#51 / 349 · 84th pct

Long run#107 / 349 · 68th pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 201 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

26th → 57th percentile

Success rate

21st → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 80th percentile

Yards / carry

21st → 87th percentile

TD rate

58th → 56th 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).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

163 carries

21%

Stuffed (≤0)

29%

Grind (1–3)

32%

Chunk (4–9)

18%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	87.4	7.0	0.3
Road5g	91.2	5.9	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	87.3	7.1	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	90.7	6.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

82 · #13 of 326 RBs

Two-star recruit. Now #13 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	168	1,068	6.4	8	--
2024	New Mexico State	158	713	4.5	8	--
2023	Buffalo	90	362	4.0	2	--
2022	Buffalo	139	606	4.4	7	--
2021	Buffalo	23	132	5.7	1	--
Career		578	2,881	5.0	26	--

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas	28	226	8.1	1	--
2024	New Mexico State	9	74	8.2	1	--
2023	Buffalo	13	35	2.7	0	--
2022	Buffalo	15	77	5.1	1	--
2021	Buffalo	--	--	--	--	--
Career		65	412	6.3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–7

vs Alabama A&M

79 rush yds (9 car)

Dominant 45-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With T. Green — 322 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 41 rush yds (9 car) · D. Bale — 1 REC · 45 AVG · 2 IN 20

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Memphis · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA -4.87Mike Washington Jr. run for 2 yds to the MEM 7 Mike Washington Jr. fumbled, recovered by MEM Chris Bracy
Week 3 · Ole Miss · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.66Mike Washington Jr. run for 47 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 2 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Mike Washington Jr. run for 53 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)
Week 8 · Texas A&M · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +4.04Mike Washington Jr. run for 57 yds to the TA&M 7 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Ole Miss · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.59Taylen Green pass complete to Mike Washington Jr. for 35 yds to the MISS 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Texas · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.39(06:11) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 K.Jackson pass complete short right to #4 M.Washington caught at ARK32, for 26 yards to the TEX46 (#4 J.McDonald), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14(14:55) No Huddle #4 M.Washington rush middle for 41 yards gain to the TEX34 (#16 M.Taaffe), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Auburn · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -2.97(12:38) Shotgun #4 M.Washington rush middle for 3 yards loss to the AUB33 (#97 B.Jamison-Travis), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 5 · Notre Dame · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.75Mike Washington Jr. run for 21 yds to the ND 46 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Alabama A&M · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.74KJ Jackson pass complete to Mike Washington Jr. for 27 yds for a TD (Scott Starzyk KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs Alabama A&M	9	79	8.8	0	30
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Arkansas State	9	116	12.9	1	53
Wk 3	L 35-41@ Ole Miss	13	65	5.0	2	47
Wk 4	L 31-32@ Memphis	15	70	4.7	1	17
Wk 5	L 13-56vs Notre Dame	15	63	4.2	0	21
Wk 7	L 31-34@ Tennessee	19	131	6.9	1	38
Wk 8	L 42-45vs Texas A&M	16	147	9.2	0	57	Season-high 147 yds
Wk 9	L 24-33vs Auburn	12	41	3.4	0	11
Wk 10	L 35-38vs Mississippi State	19	116	6.1	1	20
Wk 12	L 22-23@ LSU	13	85	6.5	1	23
Wk 13	L 37-52@ Texas	17	105	6.2	1	41
Wk 14	L 17-31vs Missouri	11	50	4.5	0	11
Total		168	1068	6.5	8	57

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

163Carries

1026Yards

24.0%Top-5 share

20.9%Stuffed rate

Just 24.0% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 20.9% of his carries. 12 carries for 41 yds vs Auburn; 16 for 147 vs Texas A&M.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

6/103rd/4th & short

9/23Inside-5 share

6 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (60.0%). 9 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (39.1%).