DeAndré Washington (born February 22, 1993) is an American former professional

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. He played

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at Texas Tech, and was selected by the

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in the fifth round of the

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Early life

Washington attended and played

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at Thurgood Marshall High School. He committed to play

at Texas Tech after receiving offers from schools such as Arizona, Baylor, Colorado, and Boise State.

College career

Washington suffered a knee injury as a true freshman in 2011 after rushing for 366 yards and three

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s. He

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in 2012 and came back and rushed for 450 yards and four

s in 2013. As a junior in 2014, he rushed for 1,103 yards and two touchdowns and finished with 328 receiving yards and two touchdowns. As a senior, he rushed for 248 yards, including a career-long 80-yard touchdown run, against Kansas State on November 14, 2015. He finished his senior year leading the

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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. He finished his career fifth on Texas Tech's all-time rushing list behind Byron Hanspard, James Gray, Ricky Williams, and Bam Morris.

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

out of the 204 available by NFLDraftScout.com. He was invited to the

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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

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. Representatives and scouts from all 32 NFL teams showed up at the Pro Day to watch Washington, Jakeem Grant,

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, and Branden Jackson.

Oakland Raiders

2016 season

Washington was selected by the Raiders in the fifth round (143rd overall) in the

. The Raiders previously traded wide receiver Brice Butler to the

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to obtain the selection used to select Washington. On May 10, 2016, the Raiders signed Washington to a four-year, $2.60 million contract with a signing bonus of $269,195. He entered

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competing for the backup running back position with George Atkinson III,

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, Roy Helu, and Taiwan Jones. Washington was named the Raider's third running back on their depth chart behind Latavius Murray and Taiwan Jones. He made his professional regular season debut in the Raiders' season opening victory against the

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. 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

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. On October 16, 2016, he earned his first career start during a 26–10 loss to the

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and finished the game with a season-high ten carries for 49 rushing yards. Washington scored his first two touchdowns in Week 16 against the

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. He finished the 2016 season with 87 carries for 467 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. In the Wild Card Round of the playoffs, he had four carries for 16 rushing yards in the loss to the

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2017 season

In the offseason leading into the 2017 season, the Oakland Raiders added veteran running back

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to the backfield. 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.

2018 season

Under new head coach

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, Washington's role remained similar to the previous season. In ten games, he had 30 carries for 115 rushing yards.

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.

Kansas City Chiefs

On April 15, 2020, the

signed Washington to a one-year contract. On September 5, he was released. He was signed to the practice squad the following day. He was promoted to the active roster on October 8.

Miami Dolphins

On November 3, 2020, Washington, along with a seventh-round pick in the 2021 NFL draft, were traded to the

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in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick.

NFL statistics

Regular season

Postseason

References

External links

Texas Tech Red Raiders bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Washington, DeAndre 1993 births Living people American football running backs Kansas City Chiefs players Miami Dolphins players Oakland Raiders players Players of American football from Missouri City, Texas Players of American football from Harris County, Texas Texas Tech Red Raiders football players