Transfer Tracker: Tahj Washington enters portal after big 2020 season
Mark Pszonak contributed to this report.
The transfer portal never sleeps. On Wednesday, Memphis wide receiver Tahj Washington officially became available after an impressive redshirt freshman season with the Tigers last fall.
Recruiting: Washington had a top six of Memphis, Kansas, Tulsa, Tulane, Louisiana and Southern Miss before committing to the Tigers in mid-December.
At Memphis: After grabbing three receptions for 32 yards in his redshirt first season, Washington exploded onto the scene in 2020 with 43 receptions for 743 yards and six touchdowns. He averaged 17.3 yards per reception last season.
Potential landing spots: Early interest has come in from USC, Kansas State, Houston and others. Also keep an eye on Louisiana Tech as Memphis Recruiting Analyst Sherman Wilson was hired by the Bulldogs as Director of Football Recruiting earlier this week.
Farrell’s Take: Washington was an undersized kid out of high school with good speed but not a lot of interest because he was about 160 pounds soaking wet. Now a bit bigger and having shown he can put up numbers in college he will be popular and has Group of Five potential. I expect more interest to come and for a Power Five landing but Group of Five isn't out of the realm of possibility. He's gone from two star to very coveted in the portal.
Impact Meter: 8.5 out of 10
IMPACT METER
The Transfer Portal continues to change the way college football programs recruit and manage their rosters so we here at Rivals.com continue to evolve our coverage. Each time a player of note enters the portal, we will examine their potential impact on the college football landscape and assign an impact rating, both when they enter the portal and when they choose a destination. The scale is from 1-10 and the description below explains the scoring scale.
1.1-4.0 — Not a big impact expected, likely a non-starter and down the bench depth player.
4.1- 6.0 — A solid impact can be expected in the right scenario and has the potential to battle for a starting job.
6.1-9.0. — A high impact player who won’t change a program but will certainly be a very good contributor and starter.
9.1- 9.9 — A very high impact player who should start the moment he steps on the field and will change the outlook of a program immediately.
10 — A franchise transfer who has a chance to be an All American and one of the elite players in college football.