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1974 ROY does anyone remember Don Woods?
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<blockquote data-quote="Djepacker" data-source="post: 839658" data-attributes="member: 9837"><p>A Dan Devine 6th in 74 round pick who was released at the end of pre season. </p><p>Woods was selected in the 6th Round of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_NFL_Draft" target="_blank">1974 NFL Draft</a> by the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" target="_blank">Green Bay Packers</a>. Green Bay released Woods at the end of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Training_Camp" target="_blank">training camp</a> and he was subsequently picked up by the Chargers early in the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_NFL_season" target="_blank">1974 season</a>. He was used almost exclusively as a running back, despite playing quarterback in college (albeit one who ran almost twice as often as passed). The move proved very fruitful for San Diego, as Woods, despite not suiting up until the 3rd week of the season, went on to set a then-NFL-<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookie" target="_blank">rookie</a>-rushing-record of 1,162 yards in only 12 games, including a then-rookie-record seven 100-yard rushing performances (weeks 3,4,5,7,10,12, and 14). Woods was selected the 1974 <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" target="_blank">NFL Rookie of the Year</a>. His seven rushing touchdowns and 96.8 rushing yards per game remain <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Diego_Chargers#Franchise_Records" target="_blank">Chargers franchise rookie records</a>, and his 1,162 rushing and 1,511 yards from scrimmage are second only to the numbers <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaDanian_Tomlinson" target="_blank">LaDanian Tomlinson</a> put up in 2001.</p><p></p><p>I seem to remember him having a long td run in preseason. Further proof of the idiocy that was the Dan Devine era..I think the dumbest coach we ever had...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Djepacker, post: 839658, member: 9837"] A Dan Devine 6th in 74 round pick who was released at the end of pre season. Woods was selected in the 6th Round of the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_NFL_Draft']1974 NFL Draft[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers']Green Bay Packers[/URL]. Green Bay released Woods at the end of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Training_Camp']training camp[/URL] and he was subsequently picked up by the Chargers early in the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_NFL_season']1974 season[/URL]. He was used almost exclusively as a running back, despite playing quarterback in college (albeit one who ran almost twice as often as passed). The move proved very fruitful for San Diego, as Woods, despite not suiting up until the 3rd week of the season, went on to set a then-NFL-[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookie']rookie[/URL]-rushing-record of 1,162 yards in only 12 games, including a then-rookie-record seven 100-yard rushing performances (weeks 3,4,5,7,10,12, and 14). Woods was selected the 1974 [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award']NFL Rookie of the Year[/URL]. His seven rushing touchdowns and 96.8 rushing yards per game remain [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_San_Diego_Chargers#Franchise_Records']Chargers franchise rookie records[/URL], and his 1,162 rushing and 1,511 yards from scrimmage are second only to the numbers [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaDanian_Tomlinson']LaDanian Tomlinson[/URL] put up in 2001. I seem to remember him having a long td run in preseason. Further proof of the idiocy that was the Dan Devine era..I think the dumbest coach we ever had... [/QUOTE]
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