The Washington Redskins release Clinton Portis
The Washington Redskins have released 29-year old running back Clinton Portis. Portis only played in 5 games (all starts) for the Redskins last season due to injury. He carried the ball 54 times for 227 yards (4.2 ypc) with 2 TD runs and he also caught 5 passes for 55 yards (11.0 avg) last year. Portis played 7 years for the Redskins appearing in 84 games (83 starts) in which he carried the ball 1,667 times for 6,824 yards (4.1 ypc) with 46 TD runs. He also caught 176 passes for 1,340 yards (7.6 avg) with 3 TD grabs for the Redskins. Portis finishes second in Redskins’ history in both rushing yards and rushing TDs behind only the legendary John Riggins.
