Will Rajecki

Physical Profile

Listed at 5-11, 208 lbs. Taller than 52% and heavier than 84% of 2026 Running Back prospects in the SEC Scouts database (138 with a listed size).

Play Style

A one-cut, downhill zone runner who presses the line, picks a crease and finishes forward. His senior volume and efficiency suggest he reads blocks well and rarely gives up negative yardage. He's a complete back, not a gadget: he stays in to protect, releases on swing and option routes as a safety valve, and handles goal-line work (30 rushing TDs). He's more of a grinder and chain-mover than a home-run hitter.

Strengths

• Workhorse production and durability: 274 senior carries with no drop-off, 1,970 yards and 30 rushing TDs, and 69 career TDs over four varsity years. He has proven he can carry a high-volume load against Georgia's top classification.
• Pass protection, which Tennessee's staff named as a key reason they offered: 'They like my pass protection.' That's the quickest way for a freshman back to earn snaps in Heupel's tempo offense, where the back is the QB's last line of protection.
• Receiving value: 26 catches for 357 yards (13.7 per catch) as a senior. He's a real check-down and swing-route option, not just a handoff back, which lets him stay on the field on third down.
• Big-game polish: Navy All-American Bowl selection and back-to-back Elite 8 runs as the focal point of a playoff offense.

Areas to Improve

• Breakaway speed and burst: he needs to show he can turn 8-yard runs into 40-yard runs against SEC safeties. Speed and change-of-direction work in his first offseason will set his ceiling.
• Adding SEC-level functional strength without losing quickness, so he can keep anchoring against 230-lb blitzing linebackers instead of only out-technique-ing high school ones.
• Getting him established in a crowded room. Bishop, Gordon, Baker, Morris and Barnes are all ahead of him, so he has to win special-teams reps first.

College Projection

In 2026 he's the sixth back on Tennessee's depth chart behind senior DeSean Bishop, Javin Gordon, Justin Baker, Daune Morris and Hunter Barnes. RB coach De'Rail Sims told him he could play his way onto the field, but his realistic true-freshman role is coverage and return units, with mop-up carries and possibly a redshirt under the four-game rule. Bishop exhausts his eligibility after 2026, which opens the room. A rotational third-down or pass-protection role in 2027 is plausible, and he could compete for a meaningful share of carries in 2028-29 if he adds burst. Tennessee has a recent track record of developing under-ranked backs: Bishop himself was the #107 RB in his class.

Best Fit

A zone-heavy, tempo spread offense that values backs who can protect and catch, which is exactly Heupel's system at Tennessee. In a committee he fits best as the reliable third-down and short-yardage complement to a faster lead back. He's less suited to a scheme that relies on its RB for explosive outside runs.