 Woodhead with the Chargers in 2014 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | January 25, 1985 North Platte, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | North Platte (NE) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Chadron State (2004–2007) | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
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Daniel Jacob Henry Woodhead (born January 25, 1985) is an American amateur golfer and former professional football player. He played college football as a running back for the Chadron State Eagles and was signed by the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He also played for the New England Patriots, San Diego Chargers and Baltimore Ravens.
Woodhead set several NCAA college football rushing records, including the single season rushing and all-time rushing records. In 2006 and 2007, he won the Harlon Hill Trophy, awarded to the best player in NCAA Division II, making him the third player to win the trophy twice in its history (the other players are Johnny Bailey and Dusty Bonner). On October 6, 2007, Woodhead became the NCAA all-time, all-division leading rusher. Woodhead held this record until it was broken by Mount Union running back Nate Kmic on December 13, 2008.[1] With the Patriots, Woodhead made his lone Super Bowl appearance in 2011. He finished the game with four catches for 42 yards and a touchdown while rushing seven times for 18 yards, but the Patriots fell to the New York Giants 21–17.
After his football career, he became a golfer, qualifying for United States Golf Association championship tournaments.
- ^ "Chadron State's Woodhead becomes all-time rushing leader". ESPN.com. Associated Press. October 6, 2007. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2008.