Rod Woodson
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Positions: Cornerback , Free Safety |
Jersey number (s): 26 |
| born March 10, 1965 in Fort Wayne , Indiana | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1987 - 2003 | |
| NFL Draft : 1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | |
| College : Purdue University | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Interceptions | 71 |
| Touchdowns | 12 |
| Sacks | 13.5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965 in Fort Wayne , Indiana , USA ) is a retired American football player. He is considered one of the best cornerbacks in the history of the National Football League (NFL). Today Woodson is the Oakland Raiders' defensive back coach .
college
Woodson first played in a high school in his hometown before joining the Purdue Boilermakers from 1983 to 1986, the team at Purdue University in West Lafayette . Woodson was an extremely fast sprinter and held the American junior record in the 60 m hurdles for years. His outstanding speed quickly made NFL scouts notice him.
Professional time
In 1987 Woodson was committed by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round in 10th place in the 1987 NFL Draft . With this team trained by Bill Cowher , he moved into the AFC Championship Game in 1995 . Opponents of his team were the Indianapolis Colts , who had to admit defeat 20:16. The win meant the move into Super Bowl XXX , where you met the Dallas Cowboys , who prevailed with 27:17. Woodson was not in full power that game due to an injury.
In 1997, Woodson joined the San Francisco 49ers and signed to the Baltimore Ravens a year later . In 1999 Woodson moved to the position of safety . On January 28, 2001, after beating the Oakland Raiders 16: 3 in the AFC Championship Game , he won the Super Bowl XXXV with this team in Tampa , Florida with quarterback Trent Dilfer under coach Brian Billick against the New York Giants with 34: 7th Woodson was one of the guarantees that the opposing team's passing game could not develop.
In 2002 Woodson moved to the Oakland Raiders for two years and then ended his career.
Woodson was an extremely fast and agile defender with good fishing hands. As a defensive back , he was mainly responsible for defending against opposing passes. His mere presence on the pitch regularly prevented the opposing quarterback from throwing in his direction, just to be on the safe side. The quarterback was thereby severely restricted in the choice of his means and in the choice of his attacking players. Nevertheless, Woodson managed a total of 71 interceptions in 17 seasons in 238 games in the regular season , 12 of which he was able to carry back to touchdowns in the opposing end zone, which is the NFL record. His speed was so great that at the beginning of his career he was also increasingly used as a punt returner and was able to gain an average of 9.1 yards of space. He ran two runs into the opposing end zone for a touchdown.
Honors
Woodson played eleven times in the Pro Bowl , the final of the best players of all teams in a season. He is a member of the National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team and the National Football League 1990s All-Decade Team . In 1993 he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year . In January 2009, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
After the career
Woodson works as a presenter on television . He owns a motorcycle shop in his hometown.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ AFC final 1995 - statistics
- ^ Annual statistics of the Steelers 1995
- ↑ Super Bowl XXX statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Ravens 2000
- ↑ Endgame statistics 2000
- ↑ Super Bowl XXXV statistics
- ↑ Rod Woodson's company ( Memento from February 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Woodson, Rod |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woodson, Roderick Kevin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Wayne , Indiana, USA |