Staying in Wisconsin, he was picked up by the semi-pro Manitowoc Chiefs, but he was let go at the end of the season. He was released by the Packers during the pre-season. Woodfield’s career in the NFL wouldn’t last the year. “Maybe the coaches thought he was all that, but the rest of us were like, 'He got drafted? You kidding me?'' 'He ran really good pass routes, but he had just fair hands and did not like contact,' PSU teammate Scott Saxton told the Portland Tribune. Woodfield was remembered as a decent player, but many were surprised when he was drafted in 1974 by the Green Bay Packers. 'One summer - it might have been his junior year - he got into some trouble in a parking lot outside of Memorial Coliseum,” PSU offensive coordinator Mike Brundage told the Portland Tribune. Woodfield’s troubling behavior continued at PSU, and during his tenure there, he was arrested multiple times for exposing himself and twice convicted, according to Sports Illustrated.

He'd say out-of-the-blue, off-the-wall statements.” “He came off as a real religious-type person, but he was just different from the rest of his teammates,” PSU teammate Anthony Stoudamire told the Portland Tribune. At PSU, he became active in a student group called Campus Crusade for Christ. Woodfield later transferred to Portland State University, where he played for the Portland State Vikings as a wide receiver. He was found not guilty due to a lack of evidence, according to Sports Illustrated magazine. While a student there, he was arrested for ransacking the apartment of a former girlfriend.

His coaches allegedly knew about the incidents, but they kept them quiet, reported the outlet. His juvenile record was expunged when he was 18.įollowing his high school graduation in 1969, Woodfield attended Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon. At one point, he got into trouble for being a “ Peeping Tom” and was apprehended for exposing himself to females on a bridge in town, according to the Portland Tribune newspaper.

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