Mike Wooten (American football)

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Mike Wooten
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Wooten (center) at a Super Bowl ring ceremony held in 2018
No. 60
Position: Center
Personal information
Born: (1962-10-23) October 23, 1962 (age 60)
Roanoke, Virginia
Career information
High school: Smithfield-Selma
(Smithfield, North Carolina)
College: VMI
Undrafted: 1985
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Games started:0
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Michael Carroll Wooten (born October 23, 1962) is a former American football center who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins during the 1987 NFL season. He played college football at VMI.

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Early life

Wooten was born in Roanoke, Virginia. His family moved to Smithfield, North Carolina in 1969 when his father, Carroll Wooten, was hired as an assistant principal and assistant football coach at Smithfield-Selma High School. [1] While attending Smithfield-Selma, Wooten participated in football, wrestling and track. In football, he was an all-state and all-conference selection at tight end and defensive end, playing in the North-South All-Star Game after his senior season. [1] He graduated in 1981.

College career

Wooten attended and played college football at the Virginia Military Institute. His senior year, he was selected as co-captain and received pre-season all-American honors. He graduated with a degree in economics before being commissioned as a Second lieutenant in the United States Army. [1]

Professional career

Wooten played for the Washington Redskins in the 1987 season. The 1987 season began with a 24-day players' strike, reducing the 16-game season to 15. The games for weeks 4–6 were won with all replacement players, including Wooten. The Redskins have the distinction of being the only team with no players crossing the picket line. [2] Those three victories are often credited with getting the team into the playoffs and the basis for the 2000 film The Replacements .

In 2018, Wooten was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII. [3]

Officiating career

Wooten is now a football referee in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the position of umpire and he was selected to officiate the 2008 ACC Championship Game in Tampa, Florida. [4]

Personal life

Wooten was named to the Johnston County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. He is married and has two children, Michael and Meredith. His son played as a tight end for the Campbell football team. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Football shapes the life of Citizen of the Year Mike Wooten". Smithfield-Selma Chamber of Commerce. February 3, 2011. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Gibbs' first job is to tame Snyder". USA Today. 2004-01-07. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  3. ↑ Chesebrough, Diane (June 12, 2018). "Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings". Redskins Wire. USA Today. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Boston College vs Virginia Tech (Dec 06, 2008)". TheACC.com . Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
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