Joe Dan Washington Jr.
Position: RB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: September 24, 1953 in Crockett, TX
College: Oklahoma
1-time Pro Bowler
Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1976 Draft
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View Details For: 31 Regular Season TDs Scored / 3 Regular Season TDs Thrown
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1977 | 24 | SDG | 13 | 0 | 62 | 217 | 0 | 19 | 3.5 | 16.7 | 4.8 | 31 | 244 | 7.9 | 0 | 29 | 2.4 | 18.8 | 461 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 25 | BAL | RB | 16 | 12 | 240 | 956 | 0 | 29 | 4.0 | 59.8 | 15.0 | 45 | 377 | 8.4 | 1 | 33 | 2.8 | 23.6 | 1333 | 1 | 12 |
| 1979* | 26 | BAL | RB | 15 | 15 | 242 | 884 | 4 | 26 | 3.7 | 58.9 | 16.1 | 82 | 750 | 9.1 | 3 | 43 | 5.5 | 50.0 | 1634 | 7 | 8 |
| 1980 | 27 | BAL | RB | 16 | 11 | 144 | 502 | 1 | 17 | 3.5 | 31.4 | 9.0 | 51 | 494 | 9.7 | 3 | 33 | 3.2 | 30.9 | 996 | 4 | 5 |
| 1981 | 28 | WAS | RB | 14 | 13 | 210 | 916 | 4 | 32 | 4.4 | 65.4 | 15.0 | 70 | 558 | 8.0 | 3 | 32 | 5.0 | 39.9 | 1474 | 7 | 8 |
| 1982 | 29 | WAS | 7 | 1 | 44 | 190 | 1 | 40 | 4.3 | 27.1 | 6.3 | 19 | 134 | 7.1 | 1 | 17 | 2.7 | 19.1 | 324 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 30 | WAS | 15 | 1 | 145 | 772 | 0 | 41 | 5.3 | 51.5 | 9.7 | 47 | 454 | 9.7 | 6 | 67 | 3.1 | 30.3 | 1226 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 31 | WAS | 7 | 0 | 56 | 192 | 1 | 12 | 3.4 | 27.4 | 8.0 | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 | 1.9 | 10.6 | 266 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1985 | 32 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 52 | 210 | 1 | 14 | 4.0 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 37 | 328 | 8.9 | 1 | 34 | 2.3 | 20.5 | 538 | 2 | 1 | |
| Career | 119 | 53 | 1195 | 4839 | 12 | 41 | 4.0 | 40.7 | 10.0 | 395 | 3413 | 8.6 | 18 | 67 | 3.3 | 28.7 | 8252 | 30 | 42 | |||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 15 | 455 | 2070 | 6 | 41 | 4.5 | 48.1 | 10.6 | 149 | 1220 | 8.2 | 10 | 67 | 3.5 | 28.4 | 3290 | 16 | 15 | ||
| 3 yrs | IND | 47 | 38 | 626 | 2342 | 5 | 29 | 3.7 | 49.8 | 13.3 | 178 | 1621 | 9.1 | 7 | 43 | 3.8 | 34.5 | 3963 | 12 | 25 | ||
| 1 yr | ATL | 16 | 0 | 52 | 210 | 1 | 14 | 4.0 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 37 | 328 | 8.9 | 1 | 34 | 2.3 | 20.5 | 538 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 62 | 217 | 0 | 19 | 3.5 | 16.7 | 4.8 | 31 | 244 | 7.9 | 0 | 29 | 2.4 | 18.8 | 461 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1978 | 25 | BAL | RB | 16 | 12 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 5.3 | 19 | 499 | 1 | 90 | 26.3 | 1869 |
| 1979* | 26 | BAL | RB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1635 | |||||
| 1983 | 30 | WAS | 15 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1242 | ||||||
| Career | 119 | 53 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 5.3 | 21 | 516 | 1 | 90 | 24.6 | 8805 | |||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 3306 | |||||||
| 3 yrs | IND | 47 | 38 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 5.3 | 20 | 500 | 1 | 90 | 25.0 | 4500 | ||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | |||||||||||
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| 1977 | 24 | SDG | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 32.0 | 2.5 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1978 | 25 | BAL | RB | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 80 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 5.0 | 135.4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1979* | 26 | BAL | RB | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1981 | 28 | WAS | RB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 32.0 | 2.3 | 95.8 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 | |
| 1982 | 29 | WAS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 5.0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1983 | 30 | WAS | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1984 | 31 | WAS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Career | 119 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 179 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 54 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 35.8 | 1.5 | 93.8 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 67 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 33.5 | 1.6 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 0.0 | |||
| 3 yrs | IND | 47 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 80 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 54 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 40.0 | 1.7 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 32.0 | 2.5 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 0.0 |
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1977 | 24 | SDG | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1978 | 25 | BAL | RB | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1979* | 26 | BAL | RB | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 27 | BAL | RB | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 28 | WAS | RB | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1982 | 29 | WAS | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | 30 | WAS | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 31 | WAS | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 32 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 119 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | IND | 47 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | ATL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | SDG | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1978 | 25 | BAL | RB | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1979* | 26 | BAL | RB | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1980 | 27 | BAL | RB | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 28 | WAS | RB | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 29 | WAS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 30 | WAS | 15 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 31 | WAS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 32 | ATL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Career | 119 | 53 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 186 | |||||||||||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 3 yrs | IND | 47 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 78 | ||||||||||
| 1 yr | ATL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)