Harrison Waylee

CAREER OVERVIEW
Spent two seasons at Wyoming (2022-23) after transferring from Northern Illinois (2020-22) … Arrived at Virginia with 36 career appearances, including 20 combined starts between his two former teams … Averaged 88.9 yards per game for his career entering 2025 … Has rushed for 100 yards in 11 games prior to UVA, including a career-high 227 yards while with NIU in 2022 against Ball State.

CAREER HONORS
2023 (at Wyoming) – Honorable Mention All-Mountain West by the coaches and media … Second Team All-MW by Phil Steele. 2022 (at Northern Illinois) – Third Team All-MAC … PFF Third Team All-MAC … Doak Walker Award Watch List. 2021 (at Northern Illinois) – Back-to-back MAC West Offensive Player of the Week for performances against Georgia Tech (9/4) and Wyoming (9/11).

AT VIRGINIA
2025 – Signed with Virginia in the spring.

AT WYOMING
2024 – Appeared in four games … Missed the Cowboys’ first eight games of the season due to a knee injury … Finished the season with 315 rushing yards on 63 carries … In his first game back from injury, rushed for a 170 yards on 27 carries New Mexico (11/2) … Also scored one touchdown against the Lobos. 2023 – Appeared in 10 games for the Pokes, including nine starts at running back … Finished fourth in the Mountain West in rushing yards per game (94.7), and sixth in both yards per carry (5.8) and total rushing (947) … His 94.7 rushing yards-per-game average was good for 24th among all FBS players … Finished with five touchdowns, including a season-long carry of 75 yards against Texas … Had 12 receptions for 66 yards … Had four 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 191 against New Mexico … Added rushing performances of 110 yards at Texas, 156 against Appalachian State and 128 yards against Colorado State.

AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS
2022 – Appeared in 11 games, including six starts … Led the team in rushing with 899 yards on 165 carries … Averaged 81.7 rushing yards per game and 5.4 yards per carry … Finished second on the team with five rushing touchdowns … Caught 17 passes for 119 yards … Also led NIU in total offense (899 total yards) and all-purpose yards (1,018) … Had three 100-yard rushing games, including a career best 230-yard game at Ball State in which he also scored three rushing TDs … His other 100-yard rushing games included 158 yards at Eastern Michigan (10/15) and 138 yards against Central Michigan (11/2) … Recorded a season-long rushing touchdown of 76 yards against EMU … Added a 97-yard rushing game at Ohio … Set the Huskies’ single-game record for receptions by a running back when he caught 10 passes for 96 yards against Toledo (10/8). 2021 – Started the first five games of the season, before sustaining a season-ending injury … Gained 574 yards on 101 carries to average 5.7 yards per carry and a team-leading 114.8 yards per game with four touchdowns … Recorded three 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high 179 yards on 26 carries with two TDs against Wyoming (9/11) … Scored on a career-long 75-yard run against the Cowboys and added a 14-yard touchdown … Totaled 144 yards on 27 carries in the season-opening Boneyard Win at Georgia Tech (9/4) … Rushed for 130 yards on 23 carries vs. Maine (9/25) … Ran for 87 yards on 13 carries against Eastern Michigan (10/2)  before going down with the upper-body injury.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played his prep football at Urbandale High School in Urbandale, Iowa.