Darnell Washington was selected in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft and came with an intriguing combination of size and speed as a tight end. He referred to himself as the sixth offensive lineman on social media, but a 4.64-second 40-yard dash at 6065, 272 pounds suggested he could develop into a receiving weapon at some point in his career.
Reports surfaced after the draft that concerns about his knee were the reason he fell, and that some teams thought he would never be a receiving threat as a result. But that hasn’t seemed to hinder him so far, and one scout even called those reports “laughable.