Rod Woodson

Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965) is an American former professional football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Woodson was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 1987 NFL Draft and played his first ten years there. He was also a key member of the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl XXXV championship team. He had two shorter stints for the San Francisco 49ers and two seasons with the Oakland Raiders. Widely considered one of the greatest all-time defensive players ever, Woodson holds the NFL record for fumble recoveries (32) by a defensive player, and interceptions returned for touchdown (12), and was named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1993. His 71 career interceptions are the third-most in NFL history. He was an inductee of the Class of 2009 of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Woodson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2016. He played most of his career as a cornerback then switched to safety during the later part of his career. Woodson was most recently the head coach of the XFL's Vegas Vipers.

Rod Woodson
Woodson in February 2019
No. 26
Position:Cornerback,
Safety
Personal information
Born: (1965-03-10) March 10, 1965
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:R. Nelson Snider
(Fort Wayne, Indiana)
College:Purdue (1983–1986)
NFL draft:1987 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
  • Cincinnati Bengals (2010)
    Coaching intern - Bill Walsh minority coaching fellowship program
  • Oakland Raiders (2011)
    Cornerbacks coach
  • Denver Broncos (2014)
    Coaching intern - Bill Walsh minority coaching fellowship program
  • Oakland Raiders (20152016)
    Assistant defensive backs coach
  • Oakland Raiders (2017)
    Cornerbacks coach
  • Vegas Vipers (2023)
    Head coach & general manager
Career highlights and awards
NFL record
  • Most career interceptions returned for touchdown: 12
Career NFL statistics
Tackles:1,158
Interceptions:71
Touchdowns:17
Forced fumbles:20
Sacks:13.5
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

From his retirement in 2003 to February 2011, Woodson worked as an analyst for the NFL Network (on NFL Total Access and Thursday Night Football) and for the Big Ten Network. He spent the 2011 season as the Raiders' cornerbacks coach. He then returned to broadcasting, working for Westwood One as an analyst on college football (2012) and the NFL (2013) before resuming his coaching career in 2014. He was announced in July 2022 as the Ravens' new radio color commentator beginning with the upcoming season.

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