Joe Dan Washington Jr was born on September 24,1953 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and Atlanta Falcons.
15 Facts About Joe Washington
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Joe Washington had a stellar college football career at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time First-team All-American and finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 1974 and fifth in 1975.
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Joe Washington finished his career at Oklahoma with 4,071 career rushing yards.
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Joe Washington is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Joe Washington was drafted fourth overall in the first round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers.
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Joe Washington was traded along with a 1979 fifth-round selection from the Chargers to the Colts for Lydell Mitchell on August 23,1978.
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Joe Washington had 750 yards receiving and 884 yards rushing along with seven touchdowns.
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Joe Washington helped lead off the scoring by throwing a 54-yard option pass to Roger Carr.
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Joe Washington followed that up with a 23-yard touchdown catch from Bill Troup.
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Joe Washington remains the only NFL player to ever throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and return a kickoff for a touchdown in a single game.
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Joe Washington led the team in rushing with 916 yards and receptions with 70 to go along with 558 yards receiving.
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Joe Washington returned to his normal dual threat capabilities in 1983 as he recorded 772 yards rushing and 454 yards receiving as the Redskins returned to the Super Bowl only to lose Super Bowl XVIII to the Los Angeles Raiders.
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Joe Washington was traded to the Atlanta Falcons during the 1985 NFL draft and finished his career with one season in Atlanta.
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Joe Washington retired with 4,839 rushing yards and 3,413 receiving yards and 30 touchdowns in his career.
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Joe Washington had worked as a financial adviser for Wells Fargo.