Harrison Waylee is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia.
Waylee does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for four head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The first career honor came in 2022: All-MAC. On tape: 151 rushing yards and 3 rushing TD against William & Mary, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Feast or famine
31.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — and he's stuffed on 16.1% of his carries. 2 carries for -6 yds vs Louisville; 10 for 151 vs William & Mary.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.6%). 9 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (34.6%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 118 | 556 | 4.7 | 6 | 97 |
| 2024 | Wyoming | 63 | 323 | 5.1 | 1 | 36 |
| 2023 | Wyoming | 164 | 947 | 5.8 | 5 | 75 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 165 | 899 | 5.4 | 5 | 76 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 101 | 574 | 5.7 | 4 | 75 |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 107 | 456 | 4.3 | 1 | 28 |
| Career | 718 | 3,755 | 5.2 | 22 | 97 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | Wyoming | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Wyoming | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 17 | 119 | 7.0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 1 | 16 |
| Career | 49 | 296 | 6.0 | 1 | 25 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs William & Mary | 10 | 151 | 15.1 | 3 | 97 | Season-high 151 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 48-20vs Stanford | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 5 | W 46-38vs No. 8 Florida State | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-27@ Louisville | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 22-20vs Washington State | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 9 | W 17-16@ North Carolina | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ California | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-16vs Wake Forest | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-17@ Duke | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Virginia Tech | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 15 | L 20-27vs Duke | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | 19 | |
 Bowl | W 13-7vs No. 25 Missouri | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Total | 118 | 556 | 4.7 | 6 | 97 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 55-16
151 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Dominant 39-point win at home against William & Mary.
With K. Courtney — 4 rec · 67 yds · 23 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · C. Morris — 149 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 34.4
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
42%98 carriesFumble rate
0.8%1 of 118 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.7 yds/carry on 118 carries · 14% explosive (10+ yds) · 42% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 45.0 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 26.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 48.5 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 37.9 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Pass share
48.0%
492 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
73.3
14 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
474 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
118 carries and 9 catches in 13 games, about as many touches a game as a typical FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #166 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #27 of 38 ACC RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 2,997 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the ACC as a senior.
Played for three programs.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Thomas Hammock, Craig Bohl, Jay Sawvel and Tony Elliott.
