Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
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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.
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.