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Rashaad
Woodard
Sophomore
DB
Germantown,
MD/ Bullis
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At
Delaware:
2004:
Outstanding prospect at defen-sive back
for Blue Hens...second season as a key
member of Delaware secondary...will battle
for starting cornerback spot opposite
All-American candidate Sidney Haugabrook
with junior Roger Brown and fellow
sophomore Zach Thomas...expected to once
again be a key member of special teams
unit as well...can also return kicks...one
of team's fastest players with sprinter
speed...collected four tackles in spring
game...changed number from 43 to 15 this
season...posted marks of 310 lbs. in the
bench press and 445 lbs. in the squat lift
in spring testing...
2003:
One of just four true freshmen to see
action for the Blue Hens along with
defensive tackle Bubba Jespersen,
linebacker KeiAndre Hepburn, and fellow
defensive back Nicos Chavis...earned
letter as he appeared in nine games as a
reserve...registered five tackles for the
season, including two solo
stops...recovered a fum-ble off a kickoff
and returned it four yards in NCAA
quarterfinal win over Northern lowa...was
set to sit out a redshirt season but was
pressed into action in college debut vs.
West Chester...suffered a hamstring pull
vs. West Chester and missed the next four
games before returning vs. Navy...had two
tackles vs. Navy and one each vs. West
Chester, Maine, and Southern
Illinois...
High
School Honors: Speedy defensive back
who enjoyed a standout career at Bullis
School in Potomac, MD under head coach
Walt King...three-year, two-way starter at
cornerback and running back at Bullis and
led team to a three-year record of 25-3
during his career...rushed for over 3,000
yards in his four-year career...earned
second team All-State honors as a senior
when he rushed for 1,062 yards and 16
touchdowns...earned first team All-County
honors at cornerback by the Montgomery
County Journal as a junior and was a
second team selection in 2002...also one
of the area's top sprinters in track and
field and earned All-American honors in
sprints...
Personal:
Robert Rashaad Woodard (pronounced
"ruh-shahd wood-urd")...born Oct. 5,
1984...son of Gil and Irma
Woodard...business major...older sister,
Talea, attends Florida A&M...standout
sprinter for the Delaware track teams for
coach Jim Fischer...placed fifth in the 4
x 100 meter relay (with UD football
teammates Roger Brown end Sidney
Haugabrook) and 12th in the 100 meters at
the Colonial Athletic Association Outdoor
Championships last spring...during the
indoor season, set school record in the
200 meters (22.04) and posted second best
all-time mark in 60 meters (6.94)...during
the outdoor season, had season personal
best mark of 11.16 in the 100
meters.
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