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Tavares Washington

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Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1983-04-20)April 20, 1983 Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Died:	January 2, 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 40) Fort Mill, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school:	Rolling Fork (MS) South Delta
College:	Florida
Undrafted:	2006
Career history
San Francisco 49ers (2006)* Rhein Fire (2006) San Francisco 49ers (2007)* Washington Redskins (2008)* Kansas City Chiefs (2008) Las Vegas Locomotives (2009–2010)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
UFL champion (2009) First-team JUCO All-American (2002)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Tavares Lajuan Washington (April 20, 1983 – January 2, 2024) was an American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season in 2008. He played college football for the University of Florida, and also played professionally for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League (UFL).

Biography

Tavares Lajuan Washington was born in Greenville, Mississippi on April 20, 1983. He attended South Delta High School in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, and played high school football for the South Delta Bulldogs.

Washington accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams from 2002 to 2005.

In 2006, Washington was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent, and was a member of the 49ers' practice squad from 2006 to 2007. He was released by the 49ers in 2008, signed by the Washington Redskins and released. He was subsequently signed by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008, and appeared in two of the Chiefs' regular season games.

Washington was a member of Las Vegas Locomotives of the UFL, and participated in the Locomotives' 2009 UFL championship.

Washington died in Fort Mill, South Carolina, on January 2, 2024, at the age of 40.

References

1. "Carter's Corner: Remembering Former Gators O-Lineman Washington, Gator Growl Emcee Kaufmann". floridagators.com. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
2. Tavares Lajuan Washington

External links

• Tavares Washington – Florida Gators player profile
• Stats Crew profile

• 1983 births
• 2024 deaths
• American football offensive guards
• American football offensive tackles
• Florida Gators football players
• Kansas City Chiefs players
• Las Vegas Locomotives players
• Sportspeople from Greenville, Mississippi
• Players of American football from Mississippi
• Rhein Fire players
• San Francisco 49ers players
• Washington Redskins players