Career
He will join Scottish club Rangers at the start of the 2016-2017 season. Windass played youth football for Huddersfield Town. He was released by the club in April 2012 and trialled with Bradford City that same month.
Windass began his senior career with non-league team Harrogate Railway Athletic in December 2012.
He signed a professional contract with Accrington Stanley in July 2013. He made his professional debut on 9 November 2013, in the.
In November 2015 he turned down a new contract from the club on the advice of his father. In January 2016 Accrington announced that Scottish club Rangers had approached Windass and team-mate Matt Crooks directly, due to them being in the final six months of their contracts.
The duo agreed pre-contracts with Rangers later that month, ahead of the 2016-2017 season.