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1. Jacory Croskey-Merritt played in 12 college games in 2023 for New Mexico. 2. He had 1,190 on the ground and 17 touchdowns. 3. After switching schools, he only played one college game in 2024 for Arizona after being ruled ineligible. 4. He was ruled ineligible because during his redshirt freshman year in 2019, Alabama State didn’t have enough jerseys for their players, so Jacory gave his jersey to another player to use…which the NCAA logged as him playing in 2019 despite him personally never taking the field. 5. He played a total of 13 games at the college level, missing most his senior year due to a clerical error. 6. He was drafted in the 7th round by the Washington Football Team 7. NFL.com had him graded 8th best in his draft class, behind Jeanty, Henderson, Hampton, Sampson, Judkins, Tuten, and Kaleb Johnson. 8. Prior to the season, the Redskins traded their presumed starter Brian Robinson Jr. to the 49ers. 9. In his seven starts (17 appearances) he led the Redskins in rushes (175), rushing yards (805) and rushing touchdowns (8). He finished 4th in rushing yards and touchdowns among his fellow rookies. His nickname is “Bill” because he had a shaved head as a child and people thought he looked he looked like the character animated children's television series created by Bill Cosby long before Bill Cosby was accused of raping over 60 women. Rumor has it Jacory is considering a nickname change to “Bullet Bill” Chris Rodriguez had the 2nd most carries for the ‘Manders in 2025. Crod now plays for the Jaguars. Rachaad White signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Washington Commanders this year. He started his college career playing for the Nebraska–Kearney Lopers. He had 572 yards on the ground in 2024 in 16 appearances. His backfield partner Bucky Irving had 588 in his 10 appearances in 2024. His 4.3 ypc last year was the best of his career. He has never caught fewer than 40 passes in a season He was top 5 in PFFs pass blocking grade over the last two seasons. Kaytron Allen was drafted in the 6th round of the 2026 NFL draft. He has the most rushing yards in Penn State history. He and Nicholas Singleton made history by becoming the first Penn State teammates to reach 3,000 career rushing yards at the same time. While they spent much of their early careers as a highly publicized, complementary 1-2 punch, Allen took over more work as their senior season went on. Allen is 5’11, 216 and Singleton is 6’0, 219. Allen scored a 69 on the athleticism score on NFL.com, Singleton scored a 98. Allen was comped by scouts to Tyler Allgeier, Singleton was comped to Issac Guerendo. Jeremy McNichols re-signed on what is functionally a league veteran minimum deal. He contributed a nice 69 touches in 2025. He will turn 31 this coming season. Jerome Ford signed with the ‘Skins on what is functionally a league veteran minimum deal. He contributed 50 touches to the Cleveland Browns in 2025 in the final year of his rookie deal. He will turn 27 this season. Commander in Chief has threatened to derail the Washington Commanders' new stadium deal in D.C. unless the franchise changes its name back to the "Washington Redskins." submitted by /u/MikeDFootball [link] [comments]