Joe Mickles

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Joe Mickles

| number = 30, 36, 34, 43

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 221

| high_school = Gardendale
(Gardendale, Alabama)

| college = Ole Miss

| draftyear = 1989

| draftround = 12

| draftpick = 317

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1989}})
• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1990}})
• Barcelona Dragons (1992)
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1992}}){{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/waivers/1992/12?after=AAAHyAAAAAwAAAAIAAAAAAACFeA= |website=NFL.com |access-date=31 December 2024}}
• Barcelona Dragons 1995)
• Scottish Claymores (1995)

| pfr = MickJo21

}}

Joseph Nathan Mickles (born December 25, 1965) is an American former professional football running back. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins in the 1989 NFL season and the San Diego Chargers in the 1990 season.{{cite news|author=Tom Friend|title=Mickles Just Tickled to Be One of 47|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 5, 1989|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73896978.html?dids=73896978:73896978&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+05,+1989&author=Tom+Friend&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Mickles+Just+Tickled+to+Be+One+of+47&pqatl=google|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026134544/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73896978.html?dids=73896978:73896978&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+05,+1989&author=Tom+Friend&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Mickles+Just+Tickled+to+Be+One+of+47&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} He played college football at the University of Mississippi from 1985 to 1988 and scored a touchdown in the team's 20–17 win over Texas Tech in the 1986 Independence Bowl.{{cite news|title=Rebel quarterback shatters record, leads club to victory|newspaper=The Courier|date=December 21, 1986|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CXgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=31sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3479,4476116&dq=joe-mickles&hl=en}}{{cite news|author=Tom Friend|title=12th-Rounder Mickles Looks Secure on Redskins Roster; Backfield Cut Likely to Be Reaves or Branch|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 4, 1989|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73896834.html?dids=73896834:73896834&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+04,+1989&author=Tom+Friend&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=12th-Rounder+Mickles+Looks+Secure+on+Redskins+Roster;+Backfield+Cut+Likely+to+Be+Reaves+or+Branch&pqatl=google|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026134554/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73896834.html?dids=73896834:73896834&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+04,+1989&author=Tom+Friend&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=12th-Rounder+Mickles+Looks+Secure+on+Redskins+Roster;+Backfield+Cut+Likely+to+Be+Reaves+or+Branch&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} He was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1989 NFL draft.{{cite web|title=Joe Mickles|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MickJo21.htm|date=April 30, 2010}}{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=May 27, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}