DeAndre Washington
| No. 33 Oakland Raiders | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 22, 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Missouri City (TX) Marshall | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 5 / Pick: 143 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 9, 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
DeAndre 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
Washington was drafted by the Raiders in the fifth round, 143rd overall, in the 2016 NFL Draft.
References
- ↑ "DeAndre Washington Bio". Texas Tech University. 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.