![]() He was also named All-Big Ten First-Team, First-Team All American, Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Chevrolet Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year during this season. He led the Wolverines to an undefeated season and a share of the national championship in the Rose Bowl, and won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Jim Thorpe Award. During his junior season, he became the third Michigan player to receive the Heisman Trophy, and is the only defensive player of all time to receive the award. He was a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and named to the All-Big Ten First Team. During his sophomore year, he set a record for pass breakups (15) and was named Chevrolet Defensive Player of the Year and AP First Team All-American. ![]() A true two-way player, he was selected as Big Ten Freshman of the year, and second-team All-Big Ten. In addition to playing cornerback, he returned punts and played wide receiver. Woodson played for the University of Michigan, under the leadership of Lloyd Carr, from 1995-1997, where he became the starter after only the second game, and continued for 34 straight games. He also played basketball and track and field, but ultimately chose to attend the University of Michigan to play football. During his senior season, he was named a USA Today All-American and Parade High School All-American. He set the school’s records for rushing yards (3,861) and scoring (466 points). Woodson’s voice cracked, as it did several times in the speech, when he said she was unable to attend because of COVID-19.Charles Woodson began his football career at Ross High School in Ohio. He also talked about his sister, Shannon, who unlike Terry Carter was not in attendance. I did that and we made it to the Super Bowl. “But when I go back and think about 2002 and going through the playoffs (with Oakland) with a broken leg, and I think about the coach telling me, ‘You gotta practice if you’re going to play’, and I had to go out there and run around on that leg every day and practice just to prove I could do it on Sunday. ![]() “I remember we would wrestle as kids and fight, you would hold me down, and you would make that fist and put your knuckle out and just hit me in the same place until my skin would raise, and I’d have to sit there and endure that pain. “My brother, my rabbit who I was chasing as a child, you built for this game through tough love,” Woodson said. Terry was a former high school football star Charles had tried to emulate while growing up in Fremont, Ohio. MORE: Packers GM calls Devin Funchess' slur 'very unacceptable' 'īut he spent most of his 10 minutes talking about his family, including his wife, April sister, Shannon and brother, Terry Carter. MORE: Rain curtails Family Night fireworks but fans still have fun MORE: Hall of Famer Charles Woodson a leader for Packers both on and off the field That includes a 2009 season in which he was named defensive player of the year. My mama raised two of’em.”Īlong the way Woodson referenced the two teams he played for in the NFL – the Oakland Raiders at the start and finish of his 18 years in the league, and the Packers, where he had the seven seasons that put him over the top as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. ![]() You hear people say a woman can’t raise a man. ![]() I watched her every day as a child get up, work her fingers to the bone to make sure she provided for her family. “My passion, how hard I work, that comes from mother. “Look no further than my mama to find out where I get it from,” he said. ![]()
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