Savion Washington
Savion Washington is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football for the Kent State Golden Flashes, Colorado Buffaloes, and Syracuse Orange. He was signed by the Chargers after going undrafted in the 2025 NFL draft.
Early life
Savion Washington was born on April 12, 2002, in Akron, Ohio, and attended St. Vincent–St. Mary High School. He was a consensus 3-star recruit and committed to play at Kent State over Akron and Bowling Green.
College career
Washington redshirted his first year and saw action in only one game in 2021, a matchup against Texas A&M. In 2022, he started 10 games and played in 11. On December 5, 2022, he entered the transfer portal.
On December 19, 2022, Washington committed to Colorado over Oklahoma State. He followed his former head coach Sean Lewis, who was hired as the offensive coordinator by Deion Sanders. In an injury-plagued year, Washington started 9 games and played in 10. On April 15, 2024, he entered the transfer portal for a second time. He was rumored to possibly go to San Diego State to reunite with the aforementioned Lewis or to Northwestern to reunite with his former offensive line coach at Kent State, Bill O'Boyle.
On April 24, 2024, Washington transferred to Syracuse. He started every game at right tackle for the Orange and was named Honorable Mention All-ACC. He contributed to an offensive line that helped Kyle McCord to set the Syracuse single season passing touchdowns and yards records, the latter of which is an ACC record.
Professional career
On April 27, 2025, Washington signed a 3-year, $2.98 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. On July 22, 2025, Washington was waived after a failed physical designation in order to make room on the roster for veteran running back Nyheim Miller-Hines.