He played college football at Virginia and was selected by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft.

[9] Aboushi was suspended without pay (about $34,400) for the first game of the 2015 season for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, in August 2015.

[10][11][12] Aboushi was released by the Jets on September 15, 2015, one day after his suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy ended.

[15] On July 28, 2018, Aboushi signed with the Oakland Raiders reuniting him with his previous year offensive line coach Tom Cable.

He is the brother of civil rights lawyer and Democratic candidate for Manhattan District Attorney Tahanie Aboushi.

During Ramadan, which fell during training camp season at Virginia, he fasted from dawn to sunset most days.

[31][32] On July 12, 2013, the Jewish NGO the Anti-Defamation League issued a press release defending Aboushi after an article circulating online claimed he was a 'Muslim extremist'.

The ADL defended Aboushi's right to take 'pride in his Palestinian heritage' and emphatically stated that being pro-Palestinian is in no way equivalent to being anti-Semitic or a Muslim extremist.