Ickey Woods
American football player
1966 –
Who is Ickey Woods?
Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods is a former American football fullback who played his entire NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at UNLV. He is best remembered for his lumbering "Ickey Shuffle" end zone dance, performed when he scored touchdowns.
Woods rushed for 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns in his rookie season, along with 228 yards and 3 touchdowns in the playoffs as the Bengals advanced to Super Bowl XXIII. His team lost the game 20-16, but he finished as the game's leading rusher with 79 yards. In 1989, Woods tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in the second game of the season, a 41-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. He missed 13 months. By the time he returned, his starting role was filled by Harold Green.
In 1991, Woods injured his right knee in the preseason. He returned at midseason but he ran for just 97 yards on 36 carries. He was out of football by age 26. His career statistics include 332 carries for 1,525 yards and 27 touchdowns, along with 47 receptions for 397 yards. Woods was later named as #7 on NFL Top 10's Top Ten One-Shot Wonders.
Woods is currently the coach of the Cincinnati Sizzle of the Women's Football Alliance and runs the Ickey Woods Youth Foundation. He also appeared in the Bootsy Collins's new music video Whodey Invasion.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1966
Fresno - Also known as
- Elbert L. "Ickey" Woods
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Lived in
- Fresno
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on July 23, 2013
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