Mike Washington (RB, Las Vegas Raiders) — 2026 fantasy outlook, updated Jul 2, 2026.
Based on verified 2025 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring.
The rookie ran for sixty-three yards in the preseason opener, including a fifty-three-yard stiff-arm run that stands as the Raiders' longest preseason run since 2017. The June read said the athlete was the draw and the role was the ceiling, and both showed up Thursday.
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The fastest running back at the combine weighs 228 pounds and costs pick one 89. The catch: the man in front of him just handled the biggest rookie workload in football.
The record: the Raiders traded up to pick one 22 for the Arkansas back, per the team site, off a season the club credits at a thousand and 70 rushing yards. The combine is the headline: four-three-three, the fastest back there, at six-two two-28, per raiders.com. The scouting director called him a wide-zone fit on the record in April.
The situation: Ashton Jeanty owns this backfield — verified, 266 carries and 55 catches as a rookie — and the team's July position preview frames Washington as the tandem partner with, quote, a great opportunity to earn a substantial amount of carries in training camp. New coaching staff, new offense: Klint Kubiak arrived in February off the Super Bowl win in Seattle, per NFL.com. Nobody trades up to redshirt track speed at two-28 — and nobody is taking the ball from Jeanty either.
So the stance writes itself: this is a handcuff price on an unusually interesting athlete, and every projection you'll hear about touches is a guess wearing a spreadsheet. We tested whether combine speed and draft slot predict rookie output — they don't, not at a standard we'd cite. September is the evidence.
Watch: preseason carries behind Jeanty — a clear two-man rotation versus a committee-of-three tells you the plan — and any goal-line package usage at that size. Your whole roster gets this treatment every week — that's the show.
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