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Makell Esteen

Washington · Safety · 2022-25

TKL
120
INT
5
PD
5

Career totals · 4 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2022 to 2025, Esteen recorded 120 tackles and 4 tackles for loss. In 2022, 2023 and 2025, Esteen also had 5 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 65 overall, the 15th-highest safety rating at Washington since 1990 and No. 88 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Makell Esteen season-by-season statistics at Washington
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20227012
202319131
2024431.500
2025511.512
Total120455

Seasons with tracked stats at Washington. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Washington Teammates

  1. 75Demond Williams Jr.2024-26QB
  2. 75Alex McLaughlin2025S
  3. 71Denzel Boston2022-25WR
  4. 70Tacario Davis2025CB
  5. 69Jonah Coleman2024-25RB
  6. 68Ephesians Prysock2024-25CB
  7. 67Zach Durfee2023-25EDGE
  8. 66Dezmen Roebuck2025WR
  9. 66Xe'Ree Alexander2025LB
  10. 65Jacob Lane2023-25EDGE

Full Washington all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 90Ahmaad MosesSMU · 2022-25S
  3. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  4. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  5. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  6. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  7. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  8. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.