Chris Woods (gridiron football)


Christopher Wyatt Woods is a former American football wide receiver who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Los Angeles Raiders and Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Raiders in with the 28th overall pick in the 1984 NFL supplemental draft of USFL and CFL players. He played college football at Auburn University and attended A. H. Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama. Woods was also a member of the Edmonton Eskimos and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
Woods was a candidate for mayor of his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in the 2017 election; he finished third with 18% of the vote behind Randall Woodfin and incumbent William A. Bell.