2013: A third-team College Sports Madness All-Southland Conference selection ... Received honorable mention all-conference honors according to a vote of the league head coaches and media relations directors ... Played in all 12 games, earning 11 starts ... Was fourth on the team with 61 total tackles ... Also posted six tackles for losses, including two sacks ... Picked off two passes and deflected four others ... Recorded a career-high 13 tackles at Northwestern State ... Had six tackles, including two for losses, and a sack in the come-from-behind win at Grambling State ... Recorded his lone interception of the season at Southeastern Louisiana.
2012: Started all 12 games as a junior and finished third on the team with 68 total tackles ... Added six tackles for loss on the year, including two sacks ... Registered a personal-best 10 tackles at Stephen F. Austin (11/3) and picked off a pass to end a Lumberjack drive ... Returned a fumble 62 yards for a touchdown at Northwestern State (10/6) ... Added nine tackles, including one for loss, and a pass breakup against the Demons ... Finished with four tackles and an 8-yard sack in 34-24 win over Nicholls (11/10) and also recorded a sack in 31-0 victory over Langston (9/22) ... Recorded a season-high six solo tackles at Hawai`i (9/15) with one of his stops accounting for a 2-yard loss.
2011:?Played in seven games with six starts before missing the remainder of the season due to injury ... Totaled 25 tackles, including 4.5 for loss ... Intercepted a pass and returned it 56 yards for a touchdown in Lamar's 58-0 win over Texas College (9/3) ... Registered nine tackles with two going for loss in the Cards' 45-35 win over Incarnate Word (9/17) ... Finished with seven tackles, including 2.5 for loss and a sack against Northwestern State (10/8) ... Also recovered a fumble against the Demons ... Had five stops and a fumble recovery in LU's 48-38 win at Southeastern Louisiana (10/1).
2010: Played in 11 games ... Finished the year with 28 total tackles, including 22 solos ... Had a season-high eight tackles in Lamar's 44-6 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State in the season finale (11/20) ... Had an interception, which he returned for 11 yards in 14-0 win over Langston University (10/9) ... Had four tackles, including one for loss, at North Dakota (10/30).
High School: Played for coach Ray Seals at Madison HS ... First-team all-district and All-Greater Houston ... Voted Most Valuable Player for 8-3 Marlins team that reached the regional round of the Class 5A Division II playoffs ... Also ran track and was a regional finalist in the 110-meter hurdles after winning the district championship.
Personal: James Washington was born on June 12, 1991 ... Son of Janice Washington and James Nelson ... Majoring in kinesiology.
