Aaron Woods (gridiron football)

Aaron Woods (born August 5, 1986) is a high school football coach and a former professional American and Canadian football player. Woods spent 2010 through 2012 playing in the United Football League for the Sacramento Mountain Lions and Las Vegas Locomotives. He played college football at Santa Rosa Junior College, and Portland State. He played high school football at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon.[1]

Aaron Woods
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Position:Slotback / Wide receiver / Return specialist
Personal information
Born: (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986
Portland, Oregon
Height:5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight:181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:Sunset High School
College:Portland State
Undrafted:2010
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • 2011 UFL special teams player of the year
Player stats at CFL.ca (archive)

College career

After playing at Santa Rosa Junior College, Woods transferred to Portland State in 2007. In 2008, Woods had 1,028 receiving yards and a school record 908 kickoff return yards, breaking Shaun Bodiford's record of 724 kickoff return yards in 2005. In 2009, Woods broke his own record with 1,314 kickoff return yards. Woods also holds the record for career kickoff return yards with 2,222, breaking Orshawante Bryant's 1806.[2]

Professional career

UFL

Woods played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was named the UFL's special teams player of the year after leading the league with a 23.6-yard kickoff-return average.[3] Woods played for the Las Vegas Locomotives in 2012.

CFL

Woods signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on July 8, 2013.[4] Woods was injured on September 1 and missed the rest of the 2013 season. He was released by the Blue Bombers on November 2, 2014.[5]

References
  1. Beseda, Jim (October 6, 2009). "Portland State football: Energetic wide receiver Aaron Woods leads by example". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 13, 2019 – via OregonLive.com.
  2. "All time passing records" (PDF). Viking Football Record Book. August 6, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  3. "UFL Announces 2011 Award Winners". OurSports Central. October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  4. "Blue Bombers sign Aaron Woods and Taylor Renaud | Winnipeg Blue Bombers". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  5. "Transactions". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
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