{"id":62681,"date":"2025-08-12T13:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62681\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:57:07","slug":"former-usc-receiver-tahj-washington-stands-out-in-nfl-preseason-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/62681\/","title":{"rendered":"Former USC receiver Tahj Washington stands out in NFL preseason debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday\u2019s NFL preseason game between the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Dolphins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Dolphins<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/chicago-bears\/326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago Bears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago Bears<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/caleb-williams-bears-starters-wont-143028080.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:did not feature Caleb Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">did not feature Caleb Williams<\/a>. It did, however, feature one of Williams\u2019 favorite targets from his time in Cardinal and Gold: former USC wide receiver Tahj Washington.<\/p>\n<p>A seventh round pick by Miami last year, Washington missed his entire rookie season with a leg injury. Making his preseason NFL debut Sunday, Washington impressed, catching three passes for 53 yards and impressing a notable NFL analyst.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike what I\u2019m seeing from Tahj Washington,\u201d Louis Riddick of ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lriddickespn\/status\/1954596815199735939?s=46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on social media during the game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on social media during the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After starting his college career at Memphis, Washington played at USC from 2021-2023. In his redshirt senior season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/usc-trojans\/3467\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Trojans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Trojans<\/a>, he was the team\u2019s leading receiver, catching 59 passes for 1,062 yards and eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>After missing all of last year, Washington is currently fighting for a spot on the Dolphins\u2019 roster in 2025. USC fans will certainly be pulling for Washington and hoping that he gets a chance to prove that he belongs in the league.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/trojanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/2025\/08\/12\/usc-football-tahj-washington-miami-dolphins-nfl-preseason\/85604260007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:USC&#039;s Tahj Washington shines in Miami Dolphins NFL preseason debut;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">USC&#8217;s Tahj Washington shines in Miami Dolphins NFL preseason debut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday\u2019s NFL preseason game between the Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Bears did not feature Caleb Williams. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1268,1248,50434,1233,593,3752,85,50433,8453,50435],"class_list":["post-62681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-caleb-williams","tag-chicago-bears","tag-louis-riddick","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-rookie-season","tag-sports","tag-tahj-washington","tag-usc","tag-wide-receiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}