5 players you forgot played for the Washington Football Team

Now the executive vice president of football operations for the NFL, Vincent was the No. 7 overall pick by the Miami Dolphins. However, Vincent's peak came as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles, whom he played for from 1996-2003. While playing under legendary defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, Vincent made five Pro Bowl appearances and was an All-Pro at cornerback in 2002. Washington saw quite a bit of Vincent during his peak, but they didn't sign him until what proved to be the very end of his career. In mid-October of 2006, Washington signed Vincent to a three-year deal after he had been released by the Buffalo Bills. Vincent played in eight games - three of which he started - for a 5-11 team led by Joe Gibbs. Vincent was released before the 2007 season, which essentially put an end to his 15-year career.

For a five-year stretch between 2001 and 2005, Alexander seemed on track to be a Hall of Famer. Alexander, who spent nearly all of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, peaked in 2005, when he rushed for 1,880 yards and 27 touchdowns en route to winning the NFL MVP. But by the time Alexander was the cover athlete for Madden NFL 07, the workload that he had early in his career had caught up to him. After a dramatic dip in his yards per carry average in 2006 and 2007, the Seahawks released the former Offensive Player of the Year. Alexander landed with Washington in October of the 2008 season, but he carried the ball just 11 times before a career-ending release came.

The No. 8 pick in the 1995 NFL Draft after a decorated collegiate career at Ohio State, Galloway had tremendous longevity in the NFL. Galloway had his first two 1,000-yard receiving seasons as a member of the Seattle Seahawks in 1997 and 1998, and didn't top the 1,000-yard mark again until doing in three consecutive years as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005-2007. Eventually, though, father time did catch up with Galloway. After an underwhelming stint with the New England Patriots in 2009, Galloway landed in Washington for the 2010 season. In his age-39 season, Galloway did catch 12 passes for 173 yards from the duo of Donovan McNabb and Rex Grossman, but he was ultimately released before the conclusion of the season.

Johnson did rush for over 1,700 yards in each of the 2005 and 2006 seasons, but it came at a price - he had 752 carries in just two years. Johnson would finish his career with 6,223 rushing yards, but 3,539 of those yards came in two seasons. The Chiefs essentially ran Johnson into the ground, and he never had another 1,000-yard rushing season. After splitting the 2009 season with Kansas City and the Cincinnati Bengals, Johnson signed a three-year contract with the Washington Football Team ahead of the 2010 season. Not only did Johnson not spend three years in Washington, but he didn't even complete one before being released. In his age-31 season, Johnson ran for just two yards on five carries.

Hightower helped the Arizona Cardinals win their first NFC Championship in 2008, his rookie season. Before the final season of his rookie contract, the Cardinals traded Hightower, a former fifth-round pick, to Washington. Unfortunately for Hightower, his time with the team was ended just five games into 2011 when he tore an ACL. For a while, it appeared that injury would end Hightower's career. However, he re-emerged with the New Orleans Saints in his age-29 season, getting 229 carries for Sean Payton's squad between 2015 and 2016.