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He attended Benedictine High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
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He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the second round of the 1978 NFL Draft. Woods first enrolled at Ellsworth Community College before transferring to the University of Tampa and lastly the University of Cincinnati. Woods participated in football, basketball and track and field for the Benedictine High School Bengals.
Woods first played college football at Ellsworth Community College.
He then transferred to the University of Tampa. In 1975, he transferred to the University of Cincinnati after Tampa Spartans football was discontinued at the end of the 1974 season.
He played for the Cincinnati Bearcats from 1975 to 1977. He was a first-team All-American in 1977 and the first graduate of the University of Cincinnati to earn All-American honors.
Woods recorded 114 tackles as a senior.
He was also selected to play in the Senior Bowl. He was inducted into the inaugural Bearcats Ring of Honor in 2006. Baltimore Colts
Woods was drafted by the Baltimore Colts with the 52nd pick in the 1978 NFL Draft.
He played in 36 games for the Colts from 1979 to 1981, starting 19.
On May 21, 1982, Woods went to a house in Cleveland to retrieve his father from all-night poker game. At the house he was shot in the neck in a robbery attempt.
The injury paralyzed Woods, rendering him a quadriplegic. 17-year-old Victor Gomez Junior. was arrested within a week.
Woods died on May 29, 2009.
