University of Oklahoma Athletics

Football

L'Damian Washington
L'Damian Washington
  • Title:
    Wide Receivers (Interim)
L’Damian Washington joined Oklahoma as an offensive analyst in January of 2022 and was named interim wide receivers coach in August 2022.
 
A former wide receiver at the University of Missouri, Washington spent the 2021 season as wide receivers coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., and served as director of player development at Missouri in 2020. He also served as head coach at West Middle School in Columbia, Mo., in 2019 and 2020.
 
Washington was a four-year letterwinner and two-year starter at Missouri, where he compiled 1,735 yards and 15 touchdowns on 100 career receptions. He caught 25 passes for 399 yards and three touchdowns in his first two seasons at Mizzou before moving into a starting role as a junior. In 2012, he caught 25 passes for 443 yards and two TDs before exploding for 50 catches and 893 yards (17.9 average) with 10 scores as a senior as the Tigers captured the 2013 SEC East crown.
 
A captain in his final season, he led Mizzou in receiving yards, yards per game and yards per catch. He registered a career-high 115 yards and two touchdowns on seven receptions against Georgia and caught a 96-yard touchdown pass against South Carolina that year.
 
Following his playing career, Washington signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys. He spent time with seven NFL teams and played in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers during the 2017 season. He played for the Birmingham Iron of the AAF in 2018 and appeared in all five games for the XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks during the league’s 2020 season.
 
A Shreveport, La., product, Washington received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Missouri in 2013. While a student-athlete at Mizzou, his personal story garnered national attention, as he lost both of his parents at a young age. Washington has also served as a motivational speaker since his college graduation.