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2008 season<br />
Named Pro Bowl starter, earning<br />
his first trip to Hawaii since 2001<br />
and fifth of his career (DNP – toe)...Also named secondteam<br />
All-Pro by The Associated Press and All-NFC by Pro<br />
Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association...Started<br />
all 16 games, 13 at left cornerback and three at strong<br />
safety despite playing most of the season with a fractured<br />
toe sustained in season opener, an injury that kept him<br />
off the practice field entirely for several weeks...Tied with<br />
teammate Collins for NFC lead with seven interceptions, the<br />
second-highest total in a season during his career...Tied for<br />
second in the <strong>NFL</strong> in interceptions, trailing only Baltimore’s<br />
Ed Reed (9)...Tied for second in the league with two interceptions<br />
for touchdowns and set a career high with 169<br />
interception return yards, joining Collins to be<strong>com</strong>e only<br />
the second tandem in franchise history to each post 165-<br />
plus interception return yards in a season (Symank/Dillon,<br />
’57)...Along with Collins and Williams, became first Packers<br />
trio to each post five interceptions in a season since ’96<br />
(Robinson, Butler, Evans)…Registered 79 tackles, which<br />
matched his career high, and added a forced fumble and a<br />
fumble recovery...Led team with 20 passes defensed...Led<br />
secondary with a career-high three sacks...On the field for<br />
1,024-of-1,050 (97.5 percent) defensive plays, which led<br />
the team, and was named the Packers Hall of Fame Team<br />
MVP for the season…Vs. Minnesota (Sept. 8): Led<br />
team with two passes defensed and posted four tackles,<br />
tripping up WR Bernard Berrian in the open field at Green<br />
Bay’s 40 in the third quarter on reception that Berrian could<br />
have taken in for a touchdown…At Detroit (Sept. 14):<br />
Recorded the third two-interception game of his career after<br />
missing entire week of practice with fractured toe sustained<br />
in Minnesota game, and tied career high with five<br />
passes defensed. Picked off QB Jon Kitna with Green Bay<br />
leading 27-25 with just over five minutes remaining to set<br />
up Brandon Jackson’s TD run. Picked Kitna off again two<br />
plays later, this time returning the interception 41 yards for<br />
the touchdown…Vs. Dallas (Sept. 21): Was matched<br />
up with Pro Bowl WR Terrell Owens for much of the night<br />
and limited him to just two receptions for 17 yards, Owens’<br />
lowest yardage output of the season and lowest since<br />
Nov. 2, 2003, vs. St. Louis (also 17 yards)…At Tampa<br />
Bay (Sept. 28): Amidst seven tackles and three passes<br />
defensed, picked off Brian Griese’s short dump-off pass<br />
intended for RB Warrick Dunn early in the fourth quarter<br />
and returned the interception 62 yards for a touchdown...<br />
At Seattle (Oct. 12): Jumped route to pick off Charlie<br />
Frye’s pass intended for TE John Carlson in fourth quarter.<br />
Also posted his second sack as a Packer and first since<br />
2006 when he brought Frye down for a 5-yard loss toward<br />
the end of the first quarter...Vs. Indianapolis (Oct. 19):<br />
Matched up with Pro Bowl WR Reggie Wayne for much<br />
of the afternoon and limited him to two receptions for 24<br />
yards...At Minnesota (Nov. 9): Jumped in front of Gus<br />
Frerotte’s pass intended for WR Bobby Wade in the second<br />
quarter for an interception, which he returned 9 yards to<br />
the Minnesota 48. Packers utilized field position for drive<br />
that was capped off with a 1-yard TD run from RB Ryan<br />
Grant...Vs. Chicago (Nov. 16): Made four tackles and<br />
sacked Kyle Orton for an 8-yard loss in the third quarter<br />
as secondary allowed just four receptions by Bears wide<br />
receivers…Vs. Carolina (Nov. 30): Started first game<br />
as a Packer at SS due to injuries at the position, and recorded<br />
nine tackles. Recovered fumble by WR Muhsin<br />
Muhammad forced by Williams at the Green Bay 19 on the<br />
first play from scrimmage, and forced a fumble on Jonathan<br />
Stewart’s 43-yard run down to the Green Bay 3, but it<br />
was recovered by Panthers G Travelle Wharton. It was the<br />
first time in Woodson’s career that he forced a fumble and<br />
recovered one in the same game…Vs. Houston (Dec.<br />
7): Started second straight game at SS and registered a<br />
season-high 11 tackles, his highest single-game total as a<br />
Packer. Also had two passes defensed, including a breakup<br />
of a Matt Schaub pass deep to WR Andre Johnson in the<br />
first quarter…At Jacksonville (Dec. 14): Started at SS<br />
and posted six tackles and a sack, his third of the season,<br />
a career high, bringing down QB David Garrard for a 1-yard<br />
loss in the third quarter…At Chicago (Dec. 22): Moved<br />
back to starting LCB spot and intercepted Orton’s short<br />
pass intended for RB Adrian Peterson at the Green Bay 48<br />
late in the third quarter, returning the pick 22 yards. Posted<br />
four tackles, including a stop of RB Matt Forte for a 1-yard<br />
loss in overtime…Vs. Detroit (Dec. 28): Recorded his<br />
seventh interception on the year, picking off QB Dan Orlovsky’s<br />
overthrown pass intended for WR Calvin Johnson<br />
on a slant in the first quarter. Returned the interception 23<br />
yards to the Detroit 41.<br />
2007<br />
VETERANS<br />
Started 14 of 16 games and was named a first alternate<br />
for the Pro Bowl…Missed one game due<br />
to a toe injury and another to rest up for the playoffs, when<br />
he started both contests…Posted 64 tackles (54 solo)<br />
with four interceptions among 10 passes defensed, plus<br />
a fumble recovery…Returned one INT and one fumble for<br />
scores, the Packers’ only defensive TDs on the season…<br />
Also had a team-high 33 punt returns for 268 yards…<br />
Was named to the 2007 All-Interview team by <strong>NFL</strong>.<strong>com</strong>’s<br />
Vic Carucci…Vs. Chicago (Oct. 7): Had a punt return<br />
of 25 yards and held Berrian to one catch for 10 yards…<br />
Vs. Washington (Oct. 14): Earned ‘NFC Defensive<br />
Player of the Week’ honors and was voted ‘GMC Defensive<br />
Player of the Week;’ recorded five tackles (four solo), with<br />
an interception and a fumble return for a touchdown. In<br />
the second quarter, intercepted a pass that deflected off<br />
the hands of WR Santana Moss, wrestling the ball away<br />
from WR Antwaan Randle El. In the third quarter, Corey<br />
Williams stripped Moss on an end-around play; Woodson<br />
picked up the fumble and ran for a 57-yard, game-winning<br />
touchdown in 17-14 triumph…At Kansas City (Nov.<br />
4): In the fourth quarter, picked off a Damon Huard pass<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
COMMUNITY COACHES WOODSON FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW HISTORY<br />
RECORDS &<br />
LAMBEAU<br />
FIELD<br />
Packers who have won the Heisman Trophy<br />
Year Player Pos School in Green Bay<br />
1941 Bruce Smith B Minnesota 1945-48<br />
1956 Paul Hornung B Notre Dame 1957-62, 64-66<br />
1990 Ty Detmer QB Brigham Young 1992-95<br />
1991 Desmond Howard WR Michigan 1996, 99<br />
1996 Danny Wuerffel QB Florida 2000<br />
1997 Charles Woodson CB Michigan 2006-08<br />
MISC.<br />
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