Adolphus Washington
| No. 92 Buffalo Bills | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 24, 1994 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Cincinnati (OH) Taft | ||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 80 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||
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Adolphus Fitzgerald Washington, Jr. (born November 24, 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the Bills in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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. On December 9, 2015, Washington was cited for solicitation.[6] As a result, he was suspended for the Fiesta Bowl.[7]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40‑yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |||
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| 6 ft 3 in | 301 lb | 34½ in | 9⅞ in | 5.17 s | 4.79 s | 8.06 s | 27 in | 8 ft 3 in | 21 reps | |||||
| All values from NFL CombineAll values from the 2016 NFL scouting combine[8] | ||||||||||||||
Washington was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round, 80th overall, in the 2016 NFL Draft.[9]
Personal life
On July 9, 2017, Washington was arrested for a misdemeanor weapons charge in Sharonville, Ohio.[10]
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.
- ↑ Goodbread, Chase. "Adolphus Washington cited for solicitation". NFL. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Goodbread, Chase. "Adolphus Washington suspended for Fiesta Bowl". NFL. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Adolphus Washington". NFL.com. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Galliford, Brian (April 29, 2016). "2016 NFL Draft results: Adolphus Washington to Buffalo Bills at No. 80 overall". BuffaloRumblings.com. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Adolphus Washington arrested on weapons charge". NFL.com. July 11, 2017.