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gustoonarmy · May 4, 2008

NCAA?s career rushing leader hopes to make impact with Jets

Sounds like hes giving it his best shot.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)?Danny Woodhead took the football, cut quickly to his left and then disappeared.

The NCAA?s career rushing leader was still somewhere on the New York Jets? practice field, but it was difficult to pick out his small frame among all the big bodies.

?He?s hard to find for a couple of reasons,? coach Eric Mangini said with a smile Saturday, ?the obvious one and he?s pretty quick and pretty elusive.?

At 5-foot-7 1/2??People forget the half-inch??he has heard about his small stature his entire football-playing life. Now in rookie minicamp with the Jets, Woodhead is hoping to make a big impression.

?A lot of other people have thought: ?You?re the underdog, so you probably really want to do good,?? Woodhead said Saturday. ?Honestly, I just think of it as being any other football player. I don?t want people to feel sorry for me.?

No need to. Not when he rushed for 7,962 yards in four seasons at Chadron State, compiled 9,479 career all-purpose yards?second-best in college football history?and was a two-time Harlon Hill Trophy winner as the nation?s top Division II player.

?I just want to keep on playing, just like every other guy in this locker room,? Woodhead said. ?That?s what I?m going to do is work hard and hopefully I can keep on playing football.?

Woodhead is already something of a celebrity in the Jets? locker room, despite his humble, aw-shucks demeanor. The native of North Platte, Neb., was one of the NFL draft?s most intriguing stories last weekend, when ESPN sent a camera crew to his home to chronicle the whole experience. After going undrafted, the camera caught Woodhead on the phone. The Jets were on the other end, telling him they wanted to sign him to a free-agent contract.
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4jetfans · May 4, 2008

Its a very nice and touching story but I am not sure if he will cut it in the NFL.. There is such a massive jump in talent from even a big ten school to the NFL. But like any RUDY story I wish him luck.

jetophile · May 4, 2008

Similar build to Keith Elias. I wish Danny luck as well. I love stories like this when they pan out, you bet. Haha, Rudy, right.

And tell me Danny Woodhead doesn't look 12 years old, even though he's pulling a Robert Conrad and daring you to knock that battery off his shoulder.

SameOldJets2008 · May 4, 2008

Although I like Leon, we only need one on a team. Unless they convert him into a Wr

unklB · May 4, 2008

DW photo

To check out a more recent Woodhead photo see: www2.csc.edu/athletics/profiles/photos/977_low.jpg

(Sorry I don't have enough posts to put it up directly)

unklB

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jetophile · May 4, 2008

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