DeAndré Washington

DeAndré Washington

Washington with the Raiders in 2017
No. 33, 30, 31
Position:	Running back
Personal information
Born:	(1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 (age 31) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:	Thurgood Marshall (Missouri City, Texas)
College:	Texas Tech (2011–2015)
NFL draft:	2016 / round: 5 / pick: 143
Career history
Oakland Raiders (2016–2019) Kansas City Chiefs (2020) Miami Dolphins (2020)
Career highlights and awards
Big 12 rushing yards leader (2015) First-team All-Big 12 (2015) Second-team All-Big 12 (2014)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 1,213 Rushing average: 3.9 Rushing touchdowns: 7 Receptions: 93 Receiving yards: 643 Receiving touchdowns: 1 Stats at Pro Football Reference

DeAndré Washington (born February 22, 1993) is an American former professional football running back. He played college football at Texas Tech, and was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft.^[1][2]

Early life

Washington attended and played high school football at Thurgood Marshall High School.^[3] He committed to play college football at Texas Tech after receiving offers from schools such as Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, and Boise State.^[4][5]

College career

Washington suffered a knee injury as a true freshman in 2011 after rushing for 366 yards and three touchdowns.^[6] He redshirted in 2012 and came back and rushed for 450 yards and four touchdowns in 2013.^[7] As a junior in 2014, he rushed for 1,103 yards and two touchdowns and finished with 328 receiving yards and two touchdowns.^[8] As a senior, he rushed for 248 yards, including a career-long 80-yard touchdown run, against Kansas State on November 14, 2015.^[9] He finished his senior year leading the Big 12 Conference with 1,492 yards and 14 touchdowns along with 385 receiving yards and two touchdowns which was good enough for 1st-team All-Big 12 honors.^[10][11] He finished his career fifth on Texas Tech's all-time rushing list behind Byron Hanspard, James Gray, Ricky Williams, and Bam Morris.^[12]

Professional career

Pre-draft

Coming out of college, Washington was projected by many 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

Pre-draft measurables

Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Three-cone drill	Vertical jump	Broad jump	Bench press
5 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1.73 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	30 in (0.76 m)	9 in (0.23 m)	4.49 s	1.55 s	2.61 s	4.20 s	7.03 s	34+1⁄2 in (0.88 m)	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)	24 reps
All values from NFL Combine[15]

Oakland Raiders

2016 season

Washington was selected by the Raiders in the fifth round (143rd overall) in the 2016 NFL draft.^[16][17] The Raiders previously traded wide receiver Brice Butler to the Dallas Cowboys to obtain the selection used to select Washington.^[18]

On May 10, 2016, the Raiders signed Washington to a four-year, $2.60 million contract with a signing bonus of $269,195.^[19]

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.^[20]

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.^[21] 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.^[22] On October 16, 2016, he earned his first career start during a 26–10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and finished the game with a season-high ten carries for 49 rushing yards.^[23] Washington scored his first two touchdowns in Week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts.^[24] He finished the 2016 season with 87 carries for 467 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.^[25] In the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, he had four carries for 16 rushing yards in the loss to the Houston Texans.^[26]

2017 season

In the offseason leading into the 2017 season, the Oakland Raiders added veteran running back Marshawn Lynch to the backfield.^[27] The addition of Lynch limited Washington's production in 2017. Overall, he finished with 57 carries for 153 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns to go along with 34 receptions for 197 yards and a receiving touchdown.^[28]

2018 season

Under new head coach Jon Gruden, Washington's role remained similar to the previous season. In ten games, he had 30 carries for 115 rushing yards.^[29]

2019 season

In the 2019 season, Washington recorded 108 carries for 387 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns to go along with 36 receptions for 292 receiving yards.^[30]

Kansas City Chiefs

On April 15, 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Washington to a one-year contract.^[31] On September 5, he was released.^[32] He was signed to the practice squad the following day.^[33] He was promoted to the active roster on October 8.^[34]

Miami Dolphins

On November 3, 2020, Washington, along with a seventh-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft, were traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick.^[35]

NFL statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving					Returning					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2016	OAK	14	2	87	467	5.4	30	2	17	115	6.8	18	0	1	20	20.0	20	0	1	1
2017	OAK	15	0	57	153	2.7	11	2	34	197	5.8	15	1	5	86	17.2	26	0	2	1
2018	OAK	10	0	30	115	3.8	13	0	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2019	OAK	16	3	108	387	3.6	36	3	36	292	8.1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	KC	1	0	3	5	1.7	3	0	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MIA	3	1	28	86	3.1	16	0	4	28	7.0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		59	6	313	1,213	3.9	36	7	94	643	6.9	28	1	6	106	17.7	26	0	4	3

Postseason

Year	Team	Games		Rushing					Receiving					Returning					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
2016	OAK	1	0	4	16	4.0	14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career		1	0	4	16	4.0	14	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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External links

• Career statistics from ESPN · Pro Football Reference
• Texas Tech Red Raiders bio