Player
Ar'Darius Washington
S · Ravens
Ar'Darius Washington: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Undrafted out of TCU in 2021 — 5 seasons in Baltimore, 60 career tackles, and a breakout 2024 as the answer in a banged-up safety room.
TrendWashington by season
| Season | Team | Tackles | PDs | TFL | Sacks | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | BAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | BAL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | BAL | 49 | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | BAL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
Washington signed with Baltimore as an undrafted free agent in 2021. He logged practice-squad time and minimal defensive snaps for three seasons (0, 2, 6 tackles in 2021-2023) before the 2024 starter-room collapse opened the door.
The 2024 line — 49 tackles, 8 PDs, 5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF — is essentially his entire career resume so far.
Tackles per season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| BAL | 0 |
| BAL | 2 |
| BAL | 6 |
| BAL | 49 |
| BAL | 3 |
2024 — 49 tackles, 5 TFL, 8 PDs as a first-time starter. 82% of his career production in one season.
MilestoneCareer share concentrated in 2024
| Stat | 2024 only | All other years | 2024 % of career |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 49 | 11 | 82% |
| PDs | 8 | 2 | 80% |
| TFL | 5 | 2 | 71% |
| Sacks | 1.0 | 2.0 | 33% |
After Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton's secondary partner dropped off, Washington stepped in mid-season 2024 and never gave the job back. The 49-tackle, 8-PD line is the most production a Ravens UDFA safety has put together in a single season since the Earl Thomas trade.
His stat distribution is the textbook "depth player gets the chance" curve: nothing for 3 years, then a single huge season carrying the resume.
2025 — just 3 tackles through Week 12. A pectoral injury wiped out most of his follow-up season.
AnomalyWashington tore his pectoral in OTAs/training camp ahead of 2025 and missed the start of the season. He's logged 3 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF in limited returns — the small sample includes a clean forced fumble in his first action back.
The full season looks like a write-off relative to the 2024 breakout, but the path back into the rotation is open if he stays healthy.
3 career sacks on just 60 career tackles — a 1-per-20-tackles blitz rate that's high for a safety.
RareWashington has 3 career sacks across 60 career tackles — a 5.0% sack-to-tackle ratio. Most safeties sit at 1-2%; this is closer to a slot/star LB profile.
He also has 7 QB hits and 7 TFL on those 60 tackles — meaning roughly 1 in 4 of his stat lines is a backfield disruption. The 2024 staff used him as a green-dot/blitz piece, and the 2025 cameo continued the same role (he picked up another sack in limited 2025 snaps).
All 5 NFL seasons in Baltimore — only 49 actual game-impact snaps over the first 3 years combined.
SplitCareer years 1-3 vs years 4-5
| Period | Tackles | PDs | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-23 (3 yrs) | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024-25 (2 yrs) | 52 | 8 | 6 |
Washington's career is split almost cleanly in half by 2024. Years 1-3 produced 8 total tackles — practice-squad volume. Years 4-5 have produced 52 tackles and 8 PDs, even with the 2025 injury limiting him.
The profile is the classic Ravens UDFA development arc: hidden on the depth chart, deployed mid-season, then given a real role.
Compact frame at 5'8" — one of the shortest defensive starters in the NFL when he plays.
ComparisonWashington is listed at 5-foot-8 — well below the modern safety standard (most starters are 6-0+). For a player at that size to log a 49-tackle, 8-PD season in a starting role is genuinely unusual; the modern NFL has fewer than five sub-5'10" defensive starters who clear 40 tackles in a season.
His ability to tackle in space at that frame is the calling card the Ravens noticed at TCU and the reason he's stayed in the building 5 years.
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