Juston Wood

Juston Wood (born December 27, 1979) is a former American football quarterback who played three seasons in the Arena Football League with the New York Dragons and Philadelphia Soul. He played college football at Portland State. He was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings and Central Valley Coyotes.

Juston Wood
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1979-12-27) December 27, 1979
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:David Douglas
(Portland, Oregon)
College:Portland State
Undrafted:2003
Career history
As player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • Second Team All-National Conference (2005)
  • First Team All-Big Sky (2001)
Career Arena statistics
Comp. / Att.:140 / 230
Passing yards:1,543
TD–INT:25–16
QB rating:78.95
Rushing TDs:7
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Early years

Wood played high school football and was a three-year varsity letter winner at David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon. He also earned all-conference honors in basketball.[1]

College career

Wood played for the Portland State Vikings of Portland State University from 1999 to 2002.[2] He twice earned ADA Academic All-American honors. He was a first-team All-Big Sky Conference selection at quarterback in 2001 and honorable mention in 2002, serving as team captain both seasons.[1] He recorded career passing totals of 414 completions, 724 incompletions, 37 touchdowns and 5,653 yards.[3][4] He graduated from Portland State with a bachelor's degree in public health education.[5]

Professional career

He was rated the 14th best quarterback in the 2003 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[6]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Wonderlic
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		 207 lb
(94 kg)		 4.78 s 1.69 s 2.83 s 4.16 s 7.14 s 32 1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		 9 ft 5 in
(2.87 m)		 30[7]
All values from NFL Combine[6]

Wood signed with the Minnesota Vikings on April 28, 2003. He was released by the Vikings on August 25, 2003.[1][8]

Wood played for the Central Valley Coyotes of the af2 from 2004 to 2005. He completed 60 of 105 passes for 651 yards and 15 scores in 2004. He earned second-team All-National Conference honors, led af2 in total offense averaging 282.4 yards per game and passed for 4,361 yards and 89 touchdowns in 2005.[1]

Wood joined the New York Dragons on January 14, 2006. He was released by the Dragons October 24, 2006.[9] He was signed by the Philadelphia Soul on November 27, 2006.[10] Wood signed with the New York Dragons on March 7, 2008.[9]

AFL statistics
YearTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsTD
2006New York405869.03825479.81422
2007Philadelphia8414358.799220988.6813623
2008New York162955.21690332.763132
Career14023060.91,543251678.9520777

Stats from ArenaFan:[11]

Coaching career

Wood was an assistant coach at David Douglas High School.[5][12] He became wide receivers coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs of California Polytechnic State University in 2009.[1] He switched to quarterbacks coach in 2013 and became offensive coordinator of the Mustangs in 2016.[5][1][13] In December 2016, he was named the wide receivers coach for the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University.[3]

References
  1. "Juston Wood". gopoly.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. Lund, Mike (September 20, 2014). "PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS (1-2) vs. CAL POLY MUSTANGS (0-2)". goviks.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  3. "Juston Wood Tabbed as New Receivers Coach at Georgia Southern". gseagles.com. December 21, 2016. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. "2014 PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS FOOTBALL" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. p. 5. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  5. "Wood Promoted to Offensive Coordinator; Spencer to Coach Linemen". gopoly.com. July 29, 2016. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  6. "Juston Wood". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  7. "NFL Combine Testing Results for 2003". topendsports.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  8. "Juston Wood". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  9. "Historical Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  10. "Historical Team Transactions". arenafan.com. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  11. "Juston Wood". arenafan.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  12. "2016 Cal Poly Football Media Guide". issuu.com. August 7, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  13. "2013 Cal Poly Football Roster". gopoly.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.