Chiefs Promote G Tavares Washington from Practice Squad

Dec 03, 2008, 1:18:44 PM

Kansas City Chiefs President Carl Peterson announced on Wednesday that the club has signed G Tavares Washington to a three-year contract from the club’s practice squad. As per Chiefs policy, no other terms of the agreement was made available.

Washington (6-4, 315) has spent the past 10 weeks on Kansas City’s practice squad. He originally entered the NFL with San Francisco as a rookie free agent in 2006 and spent that entire campaign on the 49ers practice squad. He also spent a portion of the 2007 season on San Francisco’s practice squad after being released prior to the start of the regular season. Washington attended training camp with the Redskins in 2008, but was released prior to the start of the regular season.

The Greenville, Mississippi native played in 18 games (12 starts) at Florida after transferring from Mississippi Delta Junior College. He finished his prep career at South Delta High School in Greenville, Mississippi.