Touraj (T.J.) Houshmandzadeh, Jr. is an NFL player of Iranian and African-American descent (father is Iranian, mother is African-American) who plays wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. The name Houshmandzadeh (in Persian characters ﻫﻮﺸﻤﻨﺪﺰﺍﺪﻩ) is a compound name meaning the "son (ﺰﺍﺪﻩ) of wisdom (ﻫﻮﺸﻤﻨﺪ)".



