Hard work might earn Woodhead spot on Jets' roster
Seeing the T-shirts around campus, that was when it got downright strange for Danny Woodhead. "There was a shirt like the 'Got Milk?' ads, but it said, 'Got Wood?"' the NCAA's all-time rushing leader said by telephone earlier this week. "I see stuff like that and say, 'I wouldn't pay for something like that,' but that's just me. It's kind of weird at first but there's something kind of cool about it, actually."
Woodhead put up almost otherworldly numbers at Division II Chadron State, earning cult-hero status in the town of Chadron, Neb. Among the staggering numbers: the career rushing mark of 7,962 yards, 101 career rushing touchdowns - 34 his junior season - a record 2,756 rushing yards in 2006 and a record 19 200-yard rushing games. Continue
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