DeAndré Washington
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Washington in the 2016 NFL season. | |||||||||||||||
| No. 33 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth: | February 22, 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Missouri City (TX) Marshall | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 143 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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DeAndre Washington (born February 22, 1993) is an American football running back for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas Tech.[1][2]
College career
Washington suffered a knee injury as a true freshman in 2011 after rushing for 366 yards and 3 touchdowns. He redshirted in 2012 and came back and rushed for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns in 2013. As a junior in 2014, he rushed for 1,103 yards and 2 touchdowns and finished with 328 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. As a senior, he rushed for 248 yards, including a career-long 80-yard touchdown run, against Kansas State on November 14, 2015.[3] He finished his senior year leading the Big 12 with 1,492 yards and 14 touchdowns along with 385 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns which was good enough for 1st-team All-Big 12 honors.[4] He finished his career 5th on Texas Tech's all-time rushing list behind Byron Hanspard, James Gray, Ricky Williams, and Bam Morris.
Professional career
Coming out of college, Washington was projected by manu analysts to be a fifth to seventh round draft selection. He was rated the 16th best running back out of the 204 available by NFLDraftScout.com.[5] He was invited to the NFL Combine and was able to complete the entire workout and all the positional drills. He was satisfied enough with his combine performance that he chose to only do positional drills at Texas Tech's Pro Day. Representatives and scouts from all 32 NFL teams showed up at the Pro Day to watch Washington, Jakeem Grant, Le'Raven Clark, and Branden Jackson.[6]
| 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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| 5 ft 8 in | 204 lb | 30 in | 9 in | 4.49 s | 1.55 s | 2.61 s | 4.20 s | 7.03 s | 34½ in | 9 ft 10 in | 24 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[7] | ||||||||||||||
Washington was drafted by the Raiders in the fifth round (143rd overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft.[8]
On May 10, 2016, the Oakland Raiders signed Washington to a four-year, $2.60 million contract with a signing bonus of $269,195.[9]
He entered training camp competing for the backup running back position with George Atkinson III, Jalen Richard, Roy Helu, and Taiwan Jones. Washington was named the Raider's third running back on their depth chart behind Latavius Murray and Taiwan Jones.[10]
He made his professional regular season debut in the Raiders' season opening victory against the New Orleans Saints. Washington finished his debut with five carries for 14 rushing yards and one reception for 10 receiving yards. On September 25, 2016, Washington carried the ball six times for a season-high 57 rushing yards and had one five yard reception in a 17-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans. On October 16, 2016, he earned his first career start during a 10-26 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and finished the game with a season-high ten carries for 49 rushing yards.[11]
References
- ↑ "DeAndre Washington Bio". Texas Tech University. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "What’s the rush? Tech’s DeAndre Washington gets 1,000 yard for second year in a row". Austin Statesman. November 7, 2015.
- ↑ "What DeAndre Washington did Saturday that no Texas Tech player had done since 1999". The Dallas Morning News. November 14, 2015.
- ↑ "DeAndre Washington". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Deandre Washington, DS #16 RB, Texas Tech: 2016 NFL Draft". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ Gil Brandt (March 12, 2016). "Diminutive Texas Tech WR Jakeem Grant posts fast 40 time". NFL.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles – Deandre Washington". nfl.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Raiders Take Texas Tech RB DeAndre Washington in the 5th Round of the 2016 NFL Draft". Raiders.com. April 30, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Sportrac.com: Deandre Washington contract". sportrac.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "Ourlads.com: Oakland Raider's Depth Chart". ourlads.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
- ↑ "NFL Player Profile: DeAndre Washington". NFL.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.