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 24 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.
PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (WYOMING/NORTHERN ILLINOIS)
2024 (Wyoming) – 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 (Wyoming) – 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. 2022 (Northern Illinois) – 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 (Northern Illinois) – 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. 2020 (Northern Illinois) – Saw action in all six games, starting the final four… Led the Huskies in rushing with 456 yards on 107 carries … Tallied two 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high 122 yards on 23 carries at Eastern Michigan (12-12) … Recorded his first career 100-yard rushing performance and scored his first career rushing touchdown against Toledo (12-5) … Added 61 yards receiving on eight catches … Accounted for a season-high 27 yards receiving on three receptions, including a receiving TD at Western Michigan (11-28).
URBANDALE HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year varsity letterwinner while playing running back, defensive back and linebacker … Earned third team all-state honors in 2019 and was on the all-state second team his junior year … Selected team captain and won team MVP honors his senior season … Named all-conference in 2018 and 2019 … Set the school record for most rushing yards in a game … Rushed for 912 yards on 140 carries in six games as a senior with 12 touchdowns … Averaged 6.6 yards per carry and 9.1 yards on 16 catches for 146 yards … Returned four kickoffs for 98 yards and accounted for 13.5 tackles … Helped lead the J-Hawks to a 7-4 record and were ranked in the Top 8 in Iowa … In 10 games as a junior, gained 1,120 yards on 133 carries for an 8.5 average … Scored 13 rushing touchdowns and caught 16 passes for 318 yards with two scores as a junior … Born on January 31 in the Ivory Coast, Africa … Son of Susana and Mcpeter Waylee … Major is sport management.