Dwayne Washington

Dwayne Washington

29-Year-Old Running BackRB
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
Questionable
Injury Illness
Est. Return 4/1/2024
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Last season, Washington recorded double-digit carries (11) for the first time since 2018. The 29-year-old has signed one-year deals with New Orleans ahead of each of the last three seasons, and it's likely he could do so again heading into the 2023 campaign. Yet, even with Alvin Kamara suspended for the first three games, Washington is highly unlikely to see much, if any, offensive snaps over running backs Jamaal Williams or Kendre Miller. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a contract with the Broncos in October of 2023.
Lands on NFI list
RBDenver Broncos
Illness
December 30, 2023
The Broncos placed Washington on the reserve/non-football illness list Saturday, Aric DiLalla of the team's official site reports.
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Washington was unable to practice throughout the week with this illness, making it no surprise that he's been placed on Denver's NFI list. The veteran running back has appeared in 13 games for the Broncos this season, playing 247 of his 248 total snaps on special teams.
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This section compares his draft workout metrics with players at the same position. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that metric and it would be considered average.
Height
6' 1"
 
Weight
223 lbs
 
40-Yard Dash
4.48 sec
 
Shuttle Time
4.22 sec
 
Cone Drill
6.85 sec
 
Vertical Jump
37.5 in
 
Broad Jump
127 in
 
Bench Press
21 reps
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Washington signed a one-year deal with the Saints this offseason, and he'll enter his fifth season with the team in 2022. The veteran running back played just 14 offensive snaps in 2021, totaling four carries for 16 yards. As the No. 4 running back on the depth chart, it's not likely Washington will see the field much as a rusher. Instead, the 28-year-old is likely to reprise his role as a standout special-teams player.
After popping four runs of 20-plus yards over the 35 carries he got in his first two seasons with the Saints, Washington managed just 15 yards on the eight totes he got in 2020. As long as Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray stay healthy, the 2016 seventh-round draft pick may not see much work from the #3 spot on the depth chart. However, Murray (31) is now on the wrong side of 30 years old while Washington (27) is in his prime and has shown flashes of explosiveness in recent years. It's not impossible that Washington could be useful in fantasy leagues at some point down the road.
Washington will return for his third season with New Orleans where he's expected to serve as a special teams contributor and a depth option at running back. In 2019, he totaled 66 yards on nine offensive touches, though his role out of the backfield is likely to shrink or go away altogether with the offseason signing of Ty Montgomery. Washington's fantasy value is completely dependent on the health of Montgomery, Latavius Murray and Alvin Kamara, who all sit ahead of him on the depth chart.
Washington packs a good amount of speed into his 6-foot-1, 223-pound frame, but it hasn't translated to particularly noteworthy production at the NFL level. The 25-year-old owns a meager 3.4 yards-per-carry average over three seasons, though he found more open real estate in his limited running opportunities behind a standout Saints offensive line in 2018. He toted 27 times for 154 yards last season, with the brunt of his damage coming against the Panthers in Week 17, when Alvin Kamara rested and Mark Ingram played only 19 snaps. Ingram is now out of the picture, but Washington still checks in no higher than third on the depth chart after the Saints gave ex-Viking Latavius Murray $7.2 million guaranteed this offseason to serve as Kamara's top complement. Washington could gain some mainstream fantasy appeal if Kamara or Murray were to miss time due to injury, but he'll first need to ensure he makes the team out of training camp. Washington will have to prove his worth as both a depth back and special-teams contributor to stave off competition for the No. 3 job.
Washington was once an intriguing prospect coming out of the University of Washington as a 6-foot-2, 226-pound strider who boasted a 4.44-second 40 time. However, the plus-size running back strangely lacks the kind of power you'd expect from someone of his stature and hasn't been able to stay healthy at the professional level. On top of that, the Lions are entering the 2018 season with more talent at running back than they've had in years, making Washington no lock to stick around for another season on the 53-man roster.
Washington is a large tailback with good receiving skills that the Lions drafted in the seventh round last year. When starting running back Ameer Abdullah went down with a season-ending foot injury in Week 2, he was given the first crack at taking over early-down carries. However, the spotlight ultimately proved much too bright for Washington, whose erratic play and inability to stay healthy caused him to ultimately fall out of the coaching staff's favor by season's end. Now Washington likely enters the 2017 campaign as the No. 4 option behind Abdullah, Theo Riddick and Zach Zenner, needing at least an injury or two to get back in the fantasy picture.
Before landing in Detroit as a seventh-round draft pick, Dwayne Washington was a star high school wideout with size who proceeded to make a name for himself as a home-run threat out of the backfield at, fittingly, the University of Washington. He put the ball on the turf 10 times across 227 career carries as a Huskie, however, but displayed an elite athletic profile at his Pro Day. Washington will likely need to beat out Zach Zenner and George Winn for what will likely be one roster spot, but even in the event he cracks the final 53-man roster, playing time may be hard to come by for Detroit’s new plus-size toy.
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Questionable to play Sunday
RBDenver Broncos
Illness
December 29, 2023
Washington (illness) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Chargers.
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Not listed on injury report
RBDenver Broncos
November 29, 2023
Washington (illness) wasn't listed on Denver's injury report Wednesday.
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Under the weather
RBDenver Broncos
Illness
November 26, 2023
Washington (illness) is inactive Sunday against the Browns, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official site reports.
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Questionable for Week 12
RBDenver Broncos
Illness
November 24, 2023
Washington (illness) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Browns.
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Limited to special teams
RBDenver Broncos
November 15, 2023
Washington played all 17 of his snaps on special teams Monday in the Broncos' 24-22 win over the Bills.
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