Tahj Washington

UPDATES:

Week 5: Washington had his best game of the season in USC's 48-41 win over Colorado.  Recording career highs with eight receptions on nine targets, he tallied 117 yards and a touchdown.  

Week 4: USC improved to 4-0 with a 42-28 win over Arizona State.  Washington was targeted twice and came away with one reception for 45 yards and a touchdown.

Week 3: DNP - Idle

Week 2: USC dominated Stanford 56-10 to improve to 3-0.  Washington recorded four catches on four targets for 73 yards.  He was however held out of the endzone for the game.

Week 1: USC improved to 2-0 with a 66-14 win over Nevada.  Washington did his part for the offense catching his three targets on the day.  He recorded 75 yards and two touchdowns (season-high).  

Week 0: USC secured a victory to open the season with a convincing victory over San Jose State 56-28.  Washington caught his only two targets on the day.  He recorded 85 yards and a touchdown.

HISTORY — From College Profile

CAREER:  In his 3-year collegiate career (1 year at Memphis and 2 years at USC), he has 150 receptions for 2,162 yards (14.4 avg) with 13 TDs, 22 kickoff returns for 438 yards (19.9 avg), 4 rushes for 11 yards (2.8 avg) with a TD and 5 tackles while appearing in 37 games (with 32 starts).

2023: Washington, a fixture in the Trojan wide receiving corps, returns as a starter as a redshirt senior in 2023.

2022: Washington had 50 receptions for 785 yards (15.7 avg) with 6 TDs, as well as 3 kickoff returns for 75 yards (25.0 avg) while appearing in 14 games with 11 starts (all but Stanford, Fresno State and Arizona State) as a redshirt junior in 2022. He also was a vital member of the Trojan special teams and recorded 1 tackle in the Pac-12 Championship game against Utah. He was named an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention.

He had 4 catches for 65 yards against Rice. He recorded 1 reception for 21 yards against Fresno State. He had a game-high 6 catches for 67 yards at Oregon State. He had 2 catches for 68 yards against Arizona State. He had 4 receptions for 35 yards and 2 kick returns for 54 yards at Utah. He had a game-high 7 catches for 118 yards and 2 TDs at Arizona. For the second week in a row, he had a game-high 7 receptions for 112 yards and 1 TD against California. He tallied 2 catches for 66 yards and 1 TD, with 1 kickoff return for 21 yards against Colorado. He had 3 catches for 39 yards at UCLA and 3 catches for 34 yards at 1 TD versus Notre Dame. He collected a game-high 6 receptions for 93 yards with 1 TD and 1 tackle in the Pac-12 Championship game against Utah. He recorded 5 catches for 109 yards in the Cotton Bowl versus Tulane. 

2021: Washington, who transferred to USC from Memphis in the fall of 2021, started at wide receiver as a redshirt sophomore in 2021.  Overall in 2021 while starting 11 of the 12 games in which he appeared (all but Utah), he had 54 receptions (second on USC) for 602 yards (11.1 avg) with 1 TD, as well as 7 kickoff returns for 121 yards (17.3 avg) and 1 tackle. 
He had 4 catches for 56 yards with a 29-yard TD where he outjumped the defender against San Jose State.  He had a game-high 6 receptions for 47 yards against Stanford.  He had 3 receptions for 31 yards at Washington State. Then 2 catches for 41 yards against Oregon State, 3 catches for 46 yards at Colorado and 4 catches for 56 yards and also caught a 2-point conversion pass versus Utah.  He had 2 catches for 32 yards and 22 kickoff returns for 35 yards at Notre Dame, then 8 catches for 87 yards against Arizona.  He caught a game-best and career-high 9 passes for 78 yards at Arizona State.  He made 4 grabs for 37 yards and had a tackle against UCLA, then had 4 catches for 32 yards and 2 kick returns for 35 yards against BYU and 5 catches for 59 yards and returned 3 kickoffs for 51 yards at California.
            
MEMPHIS:  He earned 2020 Football Writers Freshman All-American first team as a redshirt freshman wide receiver at Memphis.  While starting 10 of Memphis’ 11 games (all but the Arkansas opener), he had 43 receptions for 743 yards (17.3 avg) with 6 TDs, ran 4 times for 11 yards (2.8 avg) with a TD, returned 12 kickoffs for 242 yards (20.2 avg) and made 4 tackles.  His 743 receiving yards was the most by any freshman in the nation and was second in Memphis history for a freshman.  He had 3 games with 100 receiving yards (131 on 7 catches versus UCF, 105 on 8 catches versus Florida Atlantic in the Montgomery Bowl and 104 on 2 catches with a TD at Cincinnati).  He had a team-long 92-yard touchdown catch against Tulane.  He twice was named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Player of the Week honorable mention (versus Temple, when he had 5 receptions for 77 yards with 2 TDs, and UCF) and also made the Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Temple).
            
As a 2019 first-year freshman, he caught 3 passes for 32 yards (10.7 avg) as Memphis won the American Athletic Conference championship.
            
HIGH SCHOOL:  He earned 2018 Texas Associated Press Sports Editors Class 5A All-State honorable mention, Texas Sports Writer Association Class 5A All-State second team, District 9-5A Division 2 MVP and All-Smoaky.com All-East Texas first team as a senior wide receiver and return specialist at Marshall (Tex.) High.  He had 45 receptions for 868 yards (19.3 avg) with 12 TDs and 29 carries for 255 yards (8.8 avg) with 3 TDs as a senior.
            
As a 2017 junior, he made All-District 16-5A as he caught 31 passes for 478 yards (15.4 avg) with 6 TDs and ran for 159 yards on 11 carries (14.5 avg) with 2 TDs on offense, returned 2 kickoffs for 52 yards (26.0 avg) and made a tackle.
           
 He had 24 catches for 275 yards (11.5 avg) with 4 TDs, ran for 67 yards on 3 carries and made 6 tackles as a 2016 sophomore.
           
 He also was on the track (sprinter and long/triple jumper on teams that won 3 state titles) and soccer teams at Marshall.
           
 PERSONAL:  He is majoring in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Economics at USC with a 3.17 GPA.  He made the 2020 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team as an accounting major at Memphis. Has a cooking YouTube channel called “No Huddle Kitchen”.

2022

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
50.0	15.7	6.0	61.0	785.0

kickReturns
LONG	YDS	NO	TD	AVG
42.0	75.0	3.0	0.0	25.0

2021

receiving
REC	YPR	TD	LONG	YDS
54.0	11.1	1.0	29.0	602.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

kickReturns
LONG	YDS	NO	TD	AVG
24.0	121.0	7.0	0.0	17.3