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Colby Wooden
American football player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colby Wooden (born December 21, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers.
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Early life
Wooden grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia and attended Archer High School. As a senior, he was named the GHSA Region 8-AAAAA Defensive Player of the Year by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.[1] Wooden was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Auburn University over an offer from Clemson.[2]
College career
Wooden missed much of his freshman season after contracting mononucleosis.[3] Overall, he played in three games and made four tackles.[4] Wooden finished his redshirt freshman season with 42 tackles, 9.5 for loss, and four sacks.[5] As a redshirt sophomore, he made 61 tackles with 8.5 tackles for a loss and five sacks.[6] Wooden considered entering the 2022 NFL draft, but opted to return to Auburn for his redshirt junior season.[7]
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Professional career
Wooden was selected in the fourth round, 116th overall, by the Green Bay Packers in the 2023 NFL draft.[10] He signed his rookie contract on May 5.[11]
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