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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: November 29, 2009
Unheralded out of high school in the Cornhusker State after setting numerous prep records, Division I locals such as Nebraska and Colorado made a lukewarm pursuit of this prep phenom from Western Nebraska. Both wanted Woodhead to walk-on to their programs, while Northwestern was rumored to be interest but nothing materialized.
Woodhead shocked Husker Nation by enrolling at Division II Chadron State. Many observers believed Woodhead would want to prove his worth by walking on to Nebraska, but Woodhead called Nebraska’s bluff.
Woodhead’s older brother was a member of the football team at Chadron State, and Woodhead said, “I wanted to go to play for somebody that wanted me.”
Woodhead was too small according to the Big 12 North rivals.
Woodhead stands at just 5-foot-7, and weig...
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