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GoRedbirds.com features a positional breakdown of special teams during the 2010 Redbird football fall camp.
2011: Member of the practice squad.
2010: Saw action in nine games, primarily as the team's kickoff specialist ... kicked off 38 times for an average of 55.6 yards-per-kick ... posted three touchbacks ... averaged 66.8 yards per kickoff and tallied a pair of touchbacks against No. 23 Southern Illinois ... kicked off a career-high seven times for an average of 55.9 per kick in the Homecoming win over No. 14 North Dakota State ... also recorded two tackles on special teams.
2009: Redshirted.
Center Grove HS: Instrumental in the 2008 Indiana High School Class 5A Championship Game with a pair of successful onside kicks and a touchdown catch, as he and Center Grove scored three touchdowns in the final six minutes to defeat Carmel, 36-33, for the state title ... named all-conference and all-state as a senior ... converted 92-of-93 extra point tries his senior season and was 4-for-6 on field goals, with a long of 48 .... also hauled in 10 catches, including three for touchdowns ... averaged 37.6 yards per punt as a senior, with a long of 57 yards ... caught 13 passes and seven touchdowns as a junior.
Personal: Born October 5, 1990, in Indianapolis, Ind. ... son of Dean and Cathy Wood ... one of three children ... major: geology.