Background
Wooten was born in Roanoke, Virginia. His family moved to Smithfield, North Carolina in 1969 when his father, Carroll Wooten, was hired as an assistant principal and assistant football coach at Smithfield-Selma High School.
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He played college football at the Virginia Military Institute. While attending Smithfield-Selma, Wooten participated in football, wrestling and track. In football, he was an all-state and all-conference selection at tight end and defensive end, playing in the North-South All-Star Game after his senior season.
He graduated in 1981.
Wooten attended and played college football at the Virginia Military Institute. His senior year he was selected as co-captain and received Division II pre-season all-American honors.
He graduated with a degree in economics before being commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the United States Army. Wooten played for the Washington Redskins in 1987 season.
The 1987 season began with a 24-day players" strike, reducing the 16-game season to 15.
The Redskins have the distinction of being the only team with no players crossing the picket line. Those three victories are often credited with getting the team into the playoffs and the basis for the 2000 movie The Replacements. Wooten is now a football referee in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the position of umpire and he was selected to officiate the 2008 Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Championship Game in Tampa, Florida.
