page_title: Chauncey Washington
section_title: College career
hierarchical_section_title: Chauncey Washington / College career
caption_attribution_description: English: QB John David Booty (#10) starting a drive at Stanford Stadium on November 4, 2006. The tailback (#23) is Chauncey Washington.
context_page_description: Chauncey Jamal Tolbert Washington is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Jets, St. Louis Rams, and Dallas Cowboys. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California.
context_section_description: Although Washington admitted he grew up as a rival-UCLA fan, he became USC's second commitment to the 2003 recruiting class in May 2002.  That class also included two other highly touted running backs: 2005 Heisman Trophy-winner Reggie Bush as well as Colorado high school all-star and future USC touchdown leader LenDale White. Going into their freshman 2003 season, all three backs were considered to be talented enough to challenge for the starting position and all three played during the USC opener at Auburn.
  Washington's freshman season was limited by a nagging ankle injury suffered in the second game of the season that caused him to miss half the season and the 2004 spring practice due to a stress fracture in the ankle.
  He was ruled academically ineligible for the 2004 season and was redshirted. Washington was again academically ineligible for the 2005 season and lost his athletic scholarship. After considering entering the NFL Draft, leaving USC or transferring to a different school (with easier academic requirements), Washington was encouraged by his parents, teammates and university staff to stay in school and focus on academics while paying his own way through school.
  
  After much focus and hard work, Washington finally regained academic eligibility in the spring of 2006, and regained his scholarship that August.
  Initially planned as the starting running back for the 2006 USC Trojans, the redshirt junior suffered a hamstring injury in pre-season practice, but had re-gained the starting position by midseason. He told the Los Angeles Times' Gary Klein that he had decided to forego the 2007 NFL Draft and return for his redshirt senior season.
  Going into 2007 spring practice, Washington's grades again became a concern. At the start of the 2007 season, Washington was again sidelined with an injury and did not play in the Trojans' opener.  However, he rushed for over 900 yards and was a Pac-10 honorable mention player.
caption: Washington (#23) as the Trojans running back against the Stanford Cardinal.
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