Mark Washington (linebacker)

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Mark Washington
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Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1985-08-20) August 20, 1985 (age 38)
Harbor City, California
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Long Beach Polytechnic (Long Beach, California)
College: Texas State
Undrafted: 2007
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:1

Mark Terrell Washington II (born August 20, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Texas State.

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Early life and college career

Washington was born in Harbor City, California. His father, also named Mark Washington, was a defensive end at the University of Colorado Boulder. [1] Growing up in Long Beach, Washington graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 2003. As a senior, Washington was a first-team all-state honor on defense in 2002. He helped Long Beach Poly win the CIF Southern Section Division I title in 2001. [2]

USA Today ranked Washington the no. 3 linebacker in the nation, and Scout.com rated Washington three stars out of five. [2] [3] In 2003, Washington began his college football career at Arizona State under head coach Dirk Koetter. Playing in eight games, Washington had seven tackles and a sack. After his freshman season, Washington left the football team to focus on academics. [1]

In the spring of 2006, Washington transferred to Texas State, then a Division I-AA program coached by David Bailiff. [2] Starting nine games at defensive tackles out of 11 games played in 2006, Washington had 29 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks, and one sack. [1]

Professional career

On July 4, 2007, Washington was declared eligible for the 2007 NFL Supplemental draft. [4] The San Francisco 49ers signed Washington as an undrafted free agent on July 18, 2007. Following the preseason, Washington was waived on September 1 but signed with the 49ers practice squad three days later. [1]

On December 5, 2007, Washington signed with Miami Dolphins to the active roster. He played in the Dolphins' final three games of the season and had one tackle. [1] [5] The Dolphins released Washington on April 24, 2008. [1]

Washington signed again with the 49ers on March 16, 2009 and was cut after the preseason on September 5. [1] On December 11, 2009, Washington signed with the Arizona Cardinals and was placed on the practice squad. He then signed a futures contract with the Cardinals on January 18, 2010. [1] Following an injury, Washington was waived on September 3. [6] On July 31, 2011, Washington signed with the Minnesota Vikings. He was released nearly a month later on August 26. [7]

Coaching career

In 2015, Washington was outside linebackers coach at Humboldt State. [8] The 2015 Humboldt State team went 10–2 with a second round appearance in the NCAA Division II playoffs. [9]

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  2. 1 2 3 "Mark Washington". Texas State University. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mark Washington, Long Beach Poly , Inside Linebacker". 247Sports.
  4. ↑ Pasquarelli, Len (July 4, 2007). "Texas State's Washington eligible for July 12 NFL supplemental draft". ESPN. Archived from the original on August 31, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mark Washington". NFL. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ Urban, Darren (September 3, 2010). "Cody Brown among cuts". Word from the Birds Blog. Arizona Cardinals. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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