Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Jake Woods
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Santa Rosa, Calif.
- High School:
- Cardinal Newman
2025 (Redshirt Senior, Temple): Transferred in for the 2025 season ... in the mix for playing time at tight end ... made his Temple debut at Charlotte, hauling in an 18 yard pass during the win.
2024 (Redshirt Junior, Cal Poly): Played in a career high 11 games and responded with career bests in catches (21), yards (175), and touchdowns (3) ... had career-high three catches three times (at Stanford, at UC Davis and at Idaho) ... the Stanford game also marked his career-long 22-yard reception and his first career touchdown.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore, Cal Poly): Played in four games as a backup wide receiver ... did not catch any passes.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman, Cal Poly): Transferred to Cal Poly and played in five games as a backup wide receiver ... did not catch any passes.
2021 (Freshman, Northern Arizona): Attended Northern Arizona of the Big Sky Conference, making one catch for three yards in four games with the Lumberjacks ... redshirted ... a Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
2020 (Freshman, Northern Arizona): Played in one game during the 2020-21 spring season at Northern Arizona.
Prep: Attended Army Prep for football in the fall of 2019 ... caught 13 passes for 306 yards and eight touchdowns.
High School: A 2019 graduate of Cardinal Newman High in Santa Rosa, Calif. ... under head coach Paul Cronin, Woods made 50 receptions for 856 yards and 12 touchdowns in his prep career … also recorded 66 tackles, with 35 solo, and eight interceptions during his career … as a senior, recorded 36 receptions for 630 yards while posting six interceptions (two pix-sixes), two pass breakups, two blocked punts, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … earned all-state honors as a defensive back ... Cardinals were 11-1 and reached championship game of CIF-North Coast Section Division 3 playoffs, but smoke from the Camp fire forced cancellation of the game and Eureka won a coin flip to advance to the state playoffs ... in 2017 Cardinal Newman was 10-3 and fell to Marin Catholic in CIF-North Coast Section Division 3 championship game ... also lettered in basketball and track and field.
Personal: Born Jake Woods in Santa Rosa, Calif. ... father, Jamie Woods, was a punter/quarterback at University of Arizona ... list of favorites include: The Longest Yard (movie), Blue Mountain State (TV show), Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors (pro athlete and team) ... earned a degree in communications studies from Cal Poly.
