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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | November 12, 1958 Hazen, Arkansas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Roosevelt (Fresno, California) | ||||||||
| College: | Fresno State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1982: 9th round, 244th overall | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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Anthony DeWayne Woodruff (born November 12, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) from 1982 to 1984. He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs and was selected by the Eagles in the ninth round of the 1982 NFL draft. Woodruff was a member of the San Francisco 49ers during training camp in 1986.
Woodruff was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the ninth round of the 1982 NFL draft. He played in only one game in 1982. On July 17, 1983, Woodruff broke his collarbone while attempting a diving catch during the first practice session of training camp, and missed the next eight weeks. [1] He was waived on September 2, 1985. [2]
Woodruff signed with the San Francisco 49ers on June 25, 1986, [3] but was released on August 16 during training camp. [4]
Woodruff was arrested on a cocaine possession charge on May 9, 1986, when police found six grams of cocaine in the car he was driving, shortly before he was signed by the 49ers. He was ordered to stand trial on January 8, 1987. [5] He was placed in a drug diversion program in his hometown of Fresno, California, to avoid prosecution. [6]
The Philadelphia Eagles lost the services of second year wide receiver Tony Woodruff for up to eight weeks after he broke his collarbone Sunday in the team's first practice session.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Waived Tron Armstrong, Tony Woodruff, Rodney Goosby and Herbert Harris, wide receivers, Jeff Christensen, quarterback, Jon Kimmel, linebacker, Steve Rogers, tackle, and Lawrence Sampleton, tight end.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS- Signed Tony Woodruff and Eric Mullins, wide receivers, Kevin Reach and Robert Tavachino, center-guards, and Alan Leff, kicker.
Getting their pink slips were defensive end Booker Reese, former Fresno State wide receiver Tony Woodruff and former Merritt College running back Elton Veals.
Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Tony Woodruff was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a charge of possessing cocaine.
Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Tony Woodruff was placed in a drug diversion program in Fresno, Calif., allowing him to avoid prosecution on a charge of possessing cocaine. Woodruff, 27, had been charged with possessing 6 ounces of cocaine.