Team

PRO: Drafted with the team’s second pick in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft (28th overall)…first player taken by the Bills from Louisville in the first round.

COLLEGE: Consecutive start string of 49 ranked second in school history…49 starts were the sixth-longest streak among active NCAA players…For his career, Wood registered 328 knockdowns and 46 touchdown-resulting blocks... allowed just two quarterback pressures and one sack on 882 pass plays.

2008: All-American third-team choice by The NFL Draft Report... All-Big East Conference first-team selection... Finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given to the nation's premier center... Started all twelve games at center…recorded 78 knockdowns and sixteen touchdown-resulting blocks…Did not allow any quarterback sacks or pressures on 391 pass plays.

2007: All-Big East Conference first-team selection...Started all twelve games at center...Registered 86 knockdowns…Allowed one quarterback sack and two pressures on 491 pass plays.

2006: Received All-Big East Conference second-team honors, as he started all thirteen games at center...member of the Rimington Trophy Watch List...Delivered 79 knockdowns for a unit that ranked second in the nation in total offense.

2005: Freshman All-American first-team selection by Rivals.com and The Sporting News…earned second-team honors from College Football News…Academic All-Big East Conference recognition...Moved into the starting lineup at center, leading the team with 85 knockdowns.

2004: Redshirted as a freshman.

PERSONAL:  Political Science major... Son of Diane and Randal Wood...Resides in Cincinnati, Ohio…Attended Elder (Cincinnati, OH) High School...Started every game over the course of his final two seasons...started at tackle and played tight end...Also earned a pair of letters playing on the basketball team, picking up All-League recognition in his final season.