#16

Tahj Washington

Former wide receiver at USC. 2023: 59 catches, 1,062 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · USC · Sr. · #16

5′10″ · 175 lb · Marshall, TX

CFB Index 84 · #22 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceMiami — drafted 2024, Rd 7, Pick 21, #241 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1794 nationally · Signed with Memphis

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2023: 59 catches, 1,062 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2019.
Transferred from Memphis to USC in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Miami in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 3,224 receiving yards — drafted at #241 overall by Miami.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 131 yds vs UCF.UCF · W 50-492020

20193 games

Signed with Memphis3-star out of Marshall

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2024

Drafted by Miamiround 7, pick 241

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1794 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #241

Miami · 2024

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2023

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

#241Rd 7 · Pick 21

MiamiEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Memphis12-2HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2020Memphis8-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023USC8-5HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #22 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: epa / target (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#48 / 639 · 92nd pct

25.9%

EPA / target#57 / 639 · 91st pct

1.23

Yards / catch#62 / 639 · 90th pct

16.9

Catch rate#116 / 639 · 82nd pct

92.6%

TD rate#239 / 639 · 63rd pct

7.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#24 / 566 · 96th pct

1062

Rec TDs#33 / 566 · 93rd pct

Yards / catch#47 / 566 · 92nd pct

18.0

Long catch#54 / 566 · 90th pct

Receptions#62 / 566 · 89th pct

Rush yards#144 / 294 · 49th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

82nd → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 92nd percentile

Catch rate

71st → 82nd percentile

TD rate

79th → 63rd percentile

Yards / catch

85th → 90th 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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.6	84.4	20.9	0.8
Road5g	4.4	77.4	22.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.0	74.5	23.8	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	93.2	17.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #22 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #22 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	USC	59	1,062	18.0	8	--
2022	USC	50	785	15.7	6	--
2021	USC	54	602	11.1	1	--
2020	Memphis	43	743	17.3	6	--
2019	Memphis	3	32	10.7	0	--
Career		209	3,224	15.4	21	--

Season	Team
2023	USC	1	10	--	--	--
2022	USC	--	--	75	--	--
2021	USC	--	--	121	--	--
2020	Memphis	4	11	242	--	--
2019	Memphis	--	--	--	--	--
Career		5	21	438	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023

W 43–41

vs Arizona

3 rec · 61 yds

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With C. Williams — 219 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.3 · 41 rush yds (12 car) · 3 TD · E. Czaplicki — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Colorado · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +6.70Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 71 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 1 · San José State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.15Tahj Washington 76 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 1 · Nevada · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +4.88Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 45 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 9 · California · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +3.86Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 56 yds to the CAL 20 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.49Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 59 yds to the ORE 3 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 45 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 10 · Washington · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Tahj Washington 41 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Denis Lynch Kick)
Week 8 · Utah · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 51 yds to the UTAH 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Washington · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 34 yds to the WASH 46 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UCLA · 4&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 23 yds to the UCLA 7 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 56-28vs San José State	2	85	42.5	1	76	2 TD catches
Wk 1	W 66-14vs Nevada	3	75	25.0	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 56-10vs Stanford	4	73	18.3	0	28
Wk 4	W 42-28@ Arizona State	1	45	45.0	1	45
Wk 5	W 48-41@ Colorado	8	117	14.6	1	71
Wk 6	W 43-41vs Arizona	3	61	20.3	0	26
Wk 7	L 20-48@ Notre Dame	4	41	10.3	0	14
Wk 8	L 32-34vs Utah	5	112	22.4	0	51
Wk 9	W 50-49@ California	5	102	20.4	0	56
Wk 10	L 42-52vs Washington	8	122	15.3	1	41	Season-high 122 yds
Wk 11	L 27-36@ Oregon	4	82	20.5	0	59
Wk 12	L 20-38vs UCLA	5	48	9.6	0	23
Bowl	W 42-28vs Louisville	7	99	14.1	2	29
Total		59	1062	21.4	8	76