Despite the fact that both are technically at Arkansas now, Mike Washington Jr. will never play for Ryan Silverfield.
The Razorbacks’ star running back exhausted his eligibility this season and played his final collegiate game Saturday, a day before the Memphis coach was officially tabbed to lead the program.
When you dig into their separate paths to Fayetteville, though, it becomes clear that the pair’s journeys are intertwined. In fact, an alternate reality exists in which they linked up with the Tigers.
The opportunity came to pass in 2022, after Washington led Buffalo in rushing as a redshirt freshman and entered the transfer portal.