Adolphus Washington

Adolphus Washington
No. 92 Buffalo Bills
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1994-11-24) November 24, 1994
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
High school: Cincinnati (OH) Taft
College: Ohio State
NFL draft: 2016 / Round: 3 / Pick: 80
Career history
Roster status: Unsigned draft pick
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Adolphus Washington (born c. 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bills in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "OSU's Adolphus Washington of Taft prepares for Bearcats". Cincinnati.com. September 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dwayne Stanford II and Adolphus Washington represent Taft well". ESPN.com.
  3. ↑ "Adolphus Washington".
  4. ↑ "Ohio Boys Hoop POY: Adolphus Washington". ESPN.com.
  5. ↑ "Adolphus Washington finds home on Ohio State Buckeyes defensive line – Big Ten Blog- ESPN". ESPN.com.

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