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2022 Football Roster

Rick Smith
Rick Smith
Rick Smith

93 Damon Washington

  • Pos. DL
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 6-3
  • Weight 246
  • Hometown Iselin, N.J.
  • High School John F. Kennedy
  • Major Economics

Biography

2022: Played in all 11 games with nine starts, ending with All-Patriot League First-Team honors...finished the campaign with 31 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, five QB hurries and a fumble recovers...made at least one tackle in every game, adding six games with three or more stops...rang up sacks in four different contests...made four tackles in a season-opening win over Sacred Heart (9/3) in which Lafayette held the Pioneers to 45 rushing yards...made a season-high five stops vs. Princeton (10/8)...

2021 Fall: Selected to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team...played in 10 games with eight starts...finished the season with 39 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss, including 3.5 sacks...had at least one tackle in every game and managed three or more stops in six games...made a season-high seven tackles, including a sack, at Air Force (9/4)...rang up seven more tackles with a sack in a shutout of Bucknell (10/9).

2021 Spring: Garnered All-Patriot League Second-Team status as a sophomore while also earning the coaching staff's attention as the team's most-improved player...led the team in sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (4.5) for the season...played in two games with a start vs. Colgate in the season opener (3/13)...turned in one of the more dominant performances in Lafayette-Lehigh history, accumulating four sacks and forced two fumbles on his way to Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors following the team's second straight win over Lehigh.
 
2019: Played in 12 games with three starts on the defensive line...finished the season with 34 tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack...had three or more tackles in five games...made a career-high 14 tackles with a sack at Albany (9/21) to secure Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors...added four tackles and a sack at Penn (9/28) along with five stops at Princeton (10/11).

AT JOHN F. KENNEDY: All-Division and All-Area selection…played defensive and offensive line…finished senior season with 85 tackles, 10 sacks, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 13 tackles for loss…also competed on the track and field team…honor roll student…volunteered for the American Cancer Society and Donate A Life club.

Personal: Son of Damon and Michelle Washington…has older sisters, Simone and Brittany…born 12/7/00.

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Historical Player Information

  • 93

    2019Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 260 lbs
    93
  • 93

    2020Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 255 lbs
    93
  • 93

    2021Junior

    DL
    6'3" 260 lbs
    93
  • 93

    2022Senior

    DL
    6'3" 246 lbs
    93