Cowboys Top 100 Countdown to Season: No. 100 DB Mark Washington
Cowboys Top 100 Countdown to Season: No. 100 DB Mark Washington
Mark Washington played for Dallas from 1970 through 1978. A two-time Super Bowl champion, Washington had 13 interceptions over his nine years with the Cowboys. He's probably best known for making Lynn Swann even more famous in Super Bowl X. Washington's tight coverage was bested by the future Hall of Famer on his way to MVP honors.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Washington graduated from Harlan High School before attending Morgan State University, an HBCU in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was All-CIAA in 1969. He was inducted into the MSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993.
Washington played 106 games with the Cowboys, earning a Career AV of 34. His tenure earned him the No. 100 spot on their all-time ranking list.
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The Dallas Cowboys have been in existence since 1960, and as a franchise born through cunning chicanery, they embody the spirit of American sports, doing any and everything necessary to earn a seat at the table. From the moment they held the rights to the then-Washington Redskins fight song hostage until their franchise received the green light, they've been at the forefront of a game that has captured the attention of the American public.
Leading up to the NFL's 100th season, 2019, Cowboys Wire first ran a Top 100 countdown of the franchise's best players. The list was revisited in 2022 and now a new tradition will be established, updating the list every three seasons. Dallas has been the home of many of the league's best players and a handful of its most colorful personalities. A formula was necessary to measure individual impact across the last seven decades that produced eight trips to the Super Bowl and five championships.
Starting with Pro Football Reference's Approximate Value metric — a useful tool to help evaluate contributions across the various eras — each member of the organization was scored on their career achievements, three-season peaks, game-by-game greatness, longevity and postseason contributions.
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