Tahj Washington

#16 · WR · Sr. · USC5′10″ · 175 lb · Marshall, TX

Tahj Washington: WR · USC · #16.

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Tahj Washington

WR · USC · Sr · #16

Beats you over the top. Played for four head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Mike Norvell, Ryan Silverfield, Donte Williams and Lincoln Riley. On tape: 122 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Washington, Week 10, 2023.

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.

USC in the news

Simeon Jones Jr. commits to USC247Sports Nov 2
USC fans storm field after upset winUSA Today Nov 1
Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	USC	59	1,062	18.0	8	76
2022	USC	50	785	15.7	6	61
2021	USC	54	602	11.1	1	29
2020	Memphis	43	743	17.3	6	92
2019	Memphis	3	32	10.7	0	26
Career		209	3,224	15.4	21	92

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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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@ No. 21 Notre Dame	4	41	10.3	0	14
Wk 8	L 32-34vs No. 14 Utah	5	112	22.4	0	51
Wk 9	W 50-49@ California	5	102	20.4	0	56
Wk 10	L 42-52vs No. 5 Washington	8	122	15.3	1	41	Season-high 122 yds
Wk 11	L 27-36@ No. 6 Oregon	4	82	20.5	0	59
Wk 12	L 20-38vs UCLA	5	48	9.6	0	23
Bowl	W 42-28vs No. 16 Louisville	7	99	14.1	2	29
Total		59	1062	18.0	8	76

Signature game

Bowl · 2023

W 42-28

vs Louisville · neutral site

7 rec · 99 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Louisville at a neutral site in a shootout.

With M. Moss — 372 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · QBR 98.1 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · A. Jones — 60 rush yds (11 car) · 4 rec · 24 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Colorado · 3rd and 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 · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.15Williams to Washington: a 76-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Nevada · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +4.88Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 45 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)
Week 9 · California · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.86Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 56 yds to the CAL 20 for a
Week 11 · Oregon · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.49Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 59 yds to the ORE 3 for a
Week 4 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 45 yds for a TD (Denis Lynch KICK)

4 more plays

Week 10 · Washington · 2nd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.45Williams to Washington: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Utah · 2nd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 51 yds to the UTAH 1 for a
Week 10 · Washington · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.40Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 34 yds to the WASH 46 for a
Week 12 · UCLA · 4th and 14 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Caleb Williams pass complete to Tahj Washington for 23 yds to the UCLA 7 for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 84 (#22 of 497). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

84All-Conference level #22 of 497 · 2023?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2023 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2023. 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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.3	82.3	21.9	0.6
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

2023 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

56.7%

457 pass / 349 run

Plays / game

62.0

13 games

Team sack rate

6.9%

494 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

59 catches and 1 carry in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

84 · #22 of 497 WRs · 2023

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

Tahj Washington

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Style of play

Fans

USC in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2019 3 games

2021 12 games

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