Michael Washington
Michael Washington
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Maurice Linguist, Tony Sanchez and Sam Pittman. The receipt on tape: 147 rush yds, 16 rec yds against Texas A&M, Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Arkansas, 2,881 rushing yards — drafted at #53 overall by Indianapolis.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Sam Pittman.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
IndianapolisEntering 52nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Silverfield
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.
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Raheim Sanders’s 2022 season.
Matches Raheim on
Differs from Raheim on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Samuel’s path through Austin Peay.
Joshua Samuel
Demetric Felton
Peytton Pickett
Garrett Groshek
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Ahmani Marshall's graduate season at App State (2024).
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Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2025+709%
Up 709% from first season to most-recent.