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Darnell Washington

TE·Pittsburgh Steelers·#80·6'7"·265 lb·3rd year·Georgia
Round 3, pick 93 in 2023
Updated November 4, 2026
81.1
Model Score
Up from 79.6 last year
Trade value ·a late 2nd
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Darnell Washington has 19 catches, 254 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns in 8 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season through Week 8, 7.8 PPR points a game (updated November 4, 2026).

Model Score by season

A career-high 81.1 this season, up from 79.6.

70809081.120252026

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Mike Gesicki ’2286%Greg Olsen ’1079%Anthony Becht ’0363%Kyle Brady ’9759%Vance McDonald ’1558%

Plays like: Mike Gesicki, A.J. Derby, Vance McDonald. Built like: Chris Luzar, Brad Cottam, Anthony Becht. Coming out: Brad Cottam, Lee Smith.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 0 stars, 10 starters, 9 backups, 1 didn't stick.

Darnell Washington Props This Weekvs CLE

MarketLineOverUnder
Receptions2.5+115 Bovada-150 Bovada
Receiving yards22.5-110 Bovada-120 Bovada

Best price across 9 books as of Mon Nov 2. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Darnell Washington Injury StatusNot listed

Darnell Washington is not on the injury report as of Nov 4. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season · 8 games

Rec1925th
Rec Yds25420th
Rec TD37th
Targets2826th
Yds/Gm31.821st
Fantasy PPG7.823rd
EPA / target1.0105th
Avg separation3.0 yd24th
Avg cushion5.8 yd
YAC over exp2.71st
Catch %62.2%

7.8 fantasy points a game, 62 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$3.5M
APY
$10.5M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$11.2M
Years on Deal
5
Signed
2026
Est. Value
$3.5M/yr
overpaid by $7.0M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

Our rest-of-season board has Darnell Washington at TE34; the model has 54 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts CLE.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 93 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2023, out of Georgia (SEC). He went earlier than consensus.

Taken#93
Consensus board133rd
Our college model#232 TE

In college, 2020-2022, 32 games: 45 rec, 774 yds, 3 TD, 17.2 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2020 · Athlete · High school: Desert Pines, Las Vegas, NV

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 23 in the nation. Composite 0.9893, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Georgia

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2020 class are still being added.

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