Zaydrius Rainey-Sale
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Washington | 21 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 21 | 13 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 42–25
vs Illinois
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 2 PD
How he plays
Play style
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Washington
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Washington
Returning around him
- 42% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- 7 Washington players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (14 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Washington · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #37 · 2026 recruiting class #13
DNA match
Player DNA
Coverage 'Backer
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carmycah Glass’s 2025 season.
Matches Carmycah on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Charles Correa's freshman season at UNLV (2024).
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Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #7579
Peaked at #7579 this season.
Background
AT WASHINGTON 2025: Enrolled at Washington in January, 2025, for the start of the winter academic quarter ... played in eight games, starting one ... after missing the first five games of the season while recovering from an injury suffered as a high-school senior, saw his first Husky action in th...