I just really wanted to show everybody that they could count on me, you know, just being new here.

I feel like that was like the first step for me, like showing everybody okay.

Like y'all could count on me.

Like, it gets hot out here, like, you know what I mean?

And we competed after conditioning.

I don't know if you told you that, but we would run sprints for, I don't

know, 20 minutes. Then after we run sprints, we had to compete. So while everybody's tired,

you know, I just wanted to show everybody like, okay, when the game's online, you could count

on me. You know what I mean? So that was my mindset during those competition drills.

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Washington lots of room inside the 40 to the 30 to the 20 to the 20.

There it goes goes Mike Washington

Mike Washington isn't your typical SEC running back his path to Arkansas was full of

obstacles from coaching changes to an overlooked transfer it was hard at Buffalo

I went through four different runnerback coaches three different head coaches

so like that was like the main reason why I left was because there was no, you know, stability.

When he entered the transfer portal, the interest wasn't exactly pouring in.

It was not a lot at all. I had Bowling Green in UMass and then Mexico State that I came into the picture later on but it was small schools

but Washington never lost sight of his dream growing up this is you know the lead that you want

to play in the SEC you know the schools that go to national championship his work ethic started

long before football I have older brother growing up he was training to become a Navy SEAL out of high school. So every day I was watching, you know, that's where that discipline and that, you know, dedication, you know, kind of got instilled with me. Now he's on the field in Fayetteville, chasing big plays every time he touches the ball. I don't want to get tackler. I don getting hit. I'm looking for a big play, every play. Coach is telling me not to do that, but I look for a big play every play. For Washington, it's more than football. It's a blessing to be where I'm at right now. It's a blessing to be, you know, sitting here on this field, being a Razorback.

In this week's episode of the Hog Pod, we sat down with Razorback Running Back Mike Washington

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