Adolphus Washington
| Ohio State Buckeyes No. 92 | |
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| Position | Defensive lineman |
| Class | Senior |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Cincinnati (OH) Taft |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | c. 1994 (age 21–22) |
| Place of birth | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 290 lb (132 kg) |
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Adolphus Washington (born c. 1994) is an American football defensive lineman for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Early years
Washington attended Roger Bacon High School in St. Bernard, Ohio as a freshman, before transferring to Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in Cincinnati, Ohio for his final three years.[1][2] He had 90 tackles and 23.5 sacks as a senior and 107 tackles and 19 sacks as a junior. Washington was a five-star recruit.[3] He committed to Ohio State University to play college football. Washington also played basketball in high school. As a senior he averaged 23.1 points and 14.3 rebounds per game and was named the Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year for Ohio.[4]
College career
As a freshman in 2012, Washington played in 10 games. He recorded nine tackles and three sacks. As a sophomore in 2013, he played in 12 games with five starts and recorded 36 tackles and two sacks.[5] As a junior in 2014 he started all 14 games, recording 48 tackles and 4.5 sacks. During the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship against Oregon, he had three tackles and a sack.
References
- ↑ "OSU's Adolphus Washington of Taft prepares for Bearcats". Cincinnati.com. September 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Dwayne Stanford II and Adolphus Washington represent Taft well". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Adolphus Washington".
- ↑ "Ohio Boys Hoop POY: Adolphus Washington". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "Adolphus Washington finds home on Ohio State Buckeyes defensive line – Big Ten Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com.