Education
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Woods attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory, where he teamed with ex-National Basketball Association player Jahidi White and Duke University standout Chris Carrawell.
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He is also a former National Basketball Association player. He started his college career at Wake Forest University, where he was supposed to take over the center position once Tim Duncan left. However he transferred to the University of Arizona.
Woods was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 2001 National Basketball Association Draft.
After leaving the Timberwolves, Woods played for the Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors, where he appeared in 45 games during the 2004-2005 season and posted a career best 3.9 points per game. On August 15, 2006, he signed with the Sacramento Kings as a backup center, but he was waived before the season began.
Woods joined the Lithuanian giants Žalgiris Kaunas in 2007. In June 2007, he joined the Turkish side Efes Pilsen.
He signed two 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets on March 21 and April 1, 2008.
After being waived by the Rockets on July 14, 2008, he signed again with Žalgiris Kaunas on July 16. He joined Computer-assisted instruction Zaragoza in 2009. In October 2010 he signed with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riyadi Beirut in Lebanon, where he averaged 14.3 points and 14.3 rebounds.
In 2012, he signed with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riyadi Beirut.
On December 20, 2014 he was released by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Riyadi Beirut. After the 2013 suspension in which Lebanon were unable to compete International Basketball Federation competitions, he was once again called by 2015 head coach Veselin Matic as a solution to the 5 position for the coming 2015 International Basketball Federation Asia Championship in September.
Membership
In July 2013, Woods became a naturalized Lebanese citizen, and a member of their national basketball team
