Wesley Woodyard

Wesley Woodyard

Woodyard in the dress of the Titans (2018)
Linebacker
Date of birth: July 21, 1986
Place of birth: LaGrange , Georgia
Height: 1.83 m	Weight: 106 kg
NFL debut
2012 for the Denver Broncos
Career
College : University of Kentucky
Not drafted in 2008
Teams: Denver Broncos ( 2008 - 2013 ) Tennessee Titans ( 2014 - 2019 )
Current status: Free Agent
Career highlights and awards
AFC Champion ( 2013 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles	951
Sacks	28.0
Interceptions	8th
Forced fumbles	8th
Passes prevented	31
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Wesley Woodyard Jr. (* 21st July 1986 in LaGrange , Georgia ) is an American American football poker players in the National Football League (NFL). He last played for the Tennessee Titans as an inside linebacker .

college

Woodyard attended the University of Kentucky and played college football for their team, the Wildcats, from 2005 to 2007 . He started his career as a safety , but during his first season the coaches turned him into a linebacker . In 37 games he was able to set a total of 227 tackles .

NFL

Denver Broncos

Woodyard was not considered in the 2008 NFL Draft, but was hired by the Denver Broncos as a free agent . Due to numerous injuries, he was used in all games in his rookie season. In his second season he was elected one of the team captains of the defense and remained a pillar of the Broncos defense for several years.

Tennessee Titans

On March 14, 2014, he signed a four-year contract for $ 16 million with the Tennessee Titans .

In 2015 he scored the first defensive touchdown of his career against the Jacksonville Jaguars .

Web links

• Tennessee Titans player profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ College statistics on www.pro-football-reference.com., Accessed on May 7, 2016
2. ↑ Report on nfl.com from March 14, 2014, accessed on May 7, 2016