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Height	Weight	Arm Length	Hand Size
6'7"	264 lbs.	34 3/8"	11"

40 Yard Dash	Bench Press	Vertical Jump	Broad Jump	3-Cone Drill	20 Yard Shuttle
4.64 Sec	21 Reps	31"	10'2"	4.08 Sec	​N/A

Games	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Touchdowns
27	45	774	3

Pros

•  The biggest and most athletic tight end I have ever seen in the near decade of covering the NFL draft.

• Out of this world muscle mass for the position and knows how to use it.

 

• Great hands for the position make him a very reliable target.

 

• Has the wingspan of a 747 and the biggest catch radius in the draft.

 

• Plays tight end like a center in basketball when making contested catches as he boxes out defenders through shear size.

 

• He's a bull after the catch as he simply won't go down and is bucking defenders trying to corral him. 

 

• Can take shot from incoming defenders and maintain possession, sometimes even keep his feet and run.

 

• He's not afraid to go airborne to evade defenders.

• The best blocker in the draft outside of the offensive line.

• Has enough size, length, and power to overwhelm any edge rusher or linebacker that is in his path. 

• Georgia often used him like a pulling lineman due to his immense size and often played like an extra tackle in the run game.

• Pancakes defenders with ease.

• Packs vicious punch when engaging blocks.

• Looks to bull doze or truck defenders in the open field and set a tone.

Cons

• Awkward running style, like he's anticipating getting chopped at the legs. 

• Not very agile as runner.

 

• Not much of a route-runner currently in his career.

 

• Needs a runway to get to top speed.

 

• Relies too heavily on his size to make catches as defenders often get boxed out.

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• Most of his plays come from short dump offs on bootlegs rather running downfield and getting open.

• Not utilized much in the passing game compared to compatriots on offense.

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• Was 2nd best tight end on the team behind Brock Bowers

Overview

Darnell Washington is a somewhat difficult player to grade because you have to try really hard to see the forest through the trees. At Georgia, he was hardly used in the passing game because they are historically a run-based offense in the first place and Brock Bowers is one of the best receiving tight ends in college football so Georgia utilizing him as a run blocker more often than giving a receiver would make sense. And when you take into account how little he was targeted as well as having Stetson Bennett throwing him passes that would be out of range for any other tight end, you see a tight end prospect that has loads and loads of potential to become a fixture on offense. He's very raw as a receiver, but he has extremely rare gifts as a blocker and any team looking to boost their run game will need to have him high on their board.