Danny Woodhead: Star

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Danny Woodhead (born January 25, 1985 in North Platte, Nebraska) is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He went undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Chadron State College.

Woodhead holds several NCAA college football rushing records, including single season rushing and all-time rushing. 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, he became the NCAA all-time, all-division leading rusher.



Career summary

He has also tallied 9,259 all purpose yards, which ranks second on the NCAA all-time list. Brian Westbrook (Villanova, 1997 - 2001) currently holds the record with 9,512 total yards of offense.

Woodhead is also tied with Germaine Race (Pittsburg State 2003 - 2006) for first place in Division II in career scoring with 654 points on 109 touchdowns. Race is also the all-time leader in two 2-point conversions for 658 points. Woodhead is only the second player in collegiate history to score more than 100 touchdowns.

Sanders is the only college player to accumulate more all-purpose yards than the 3,159 that Woodhead gained in 2006. Sanders managed 3,250 as a senior at Oklahoma State in 1988, when he won the Heisman Trophy. Woodhead currently ranks 10th in D-II in career all-purpose yards with 7,349. The D-II leader is Brian Shay of Emporia State with 9,301 yards, including 1,207 on kickoff returns, 1995 - 1998.

Woodhead was a Harlon Hill Trophy candidate in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. He won the trophy in both 2006 and 2007.

There was some discussion among some Nebraskans as to whether or not Woodhead was recruited by the University of Nebraska. When interviewed, Woodhead stated that Nebraska never showed much interest in him and that he wanted to go somewhere where he was wanted. Chadron State showed a lot of interest in him, and that's where he ended up.

NFL Draft

Woodhead went undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft. However, he received a call from the New York Jets. moments before the draft ended, about the two parties coming to an agreement on a rookie free agent contract. It was announced shortly after that Woodhead had signed a deal with the organization.