Pittsburgh Steelers · TE · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Georgia (2023 Round 3, Pick 93)

Darnell Washington

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38.1

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #29 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 19/2810.4% target share
Receiving yards: 25413.4 YPR
Receiving TD: 331.8 yds/G
Snap share: 65%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.29728 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 53.6%Play-by-play positive EPA

Darnell Washington among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Washington#2938.1

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.330 → Shrunk +0.848

41thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw +0.350 → Shrunk +0.696

67thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 9.07 → Shrunk 28.56

35thpercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 5.68 → Shrunk 14.63

43thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 5.68 → Shrunk 24.65

27thpercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.70 → Shrunk 41.47

51thpercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 10.4% → Shrunk 11.6%

25thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 35.7% → Shrunk 36.4%

45thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 14.3% → Shrunk 8.8%

84thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Darnell Washington. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds	Rec TD
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs ATL	W 20-13	2	2	18	0
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ NE	L 3-20	1	2	7	0
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs CIN	W 30-27	3	4	67	0
Week 4	Oct 1, 2026	@ CLE	L 24-27	3	5	27	1
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs IND	W 34-22	2	3	12	0
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ TB	W 26-19	4	6	25	1
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ NO	W 16-10	1	1	4	1
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs CLE	W 27-6	3	5	94	0

College to the NFL: Georgia to Pittsburgh Steelers

Verified identity bridge linking Darnell Washington's college regular-season yards at Georgia to official NFL game lines.

Georgia (College yards)

1202020

1452021

4172022

9393rd pick
2023 Draft

PIT (NFL yards)

612023

2002024

3642025

2542026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 4 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2023	PIT	17	7/10	61	0
2024	PIT	17	19/25	200	1
2025	PIT	16	31/43	364	1
2026 (so far)	PIT	8	19/28	254	3

Compare Darnell Washington with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Darnell Washington vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 38.1 vs. 96.5 Darnell Washington vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 38.1 vs. 89.5 Darnell Washington vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 38.1 vs. 86.4 Darnell Washington vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 38.1 vs. 86.4 Darnell Washington vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 38.1 vs. 84.9 Darnell Washington vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 38.1 vs. 82.3