2013 Football Roster
Roster
Alex Wood
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mercer Island, WA
- High School:
- Mercer Island HS
2015: Wood, a one-time walk-on who earned a scholarship in the fall of 2015, will compete for the starting placekicker job and kickoff duty as a junior in 2015.
2014: Wood handled the kickoff duties in USC's final 8 games as a walk-on sophomore placekicker in 2014. He also served as the placekicker in 2 games (Arizona and Colorado) when Andre Heidari was out with an injury. Overall while appearing in the 8 games, he hit all 12 of his PATs (4 against Arizona and 8 versus Colorado), plus he had touchbacks on 14 of his 48 kickoffs and another 11 pinned opponents within the 20-yard line. He also made 2 tackles.
2013: Wood did not see any action as a backup walk-on sophomore placekicker in 2013.
2012: He was a reserve walk-on placekicker as a first-year freshman at USC in 2012. He appeared in two games in 2012 while subbing for an injured Andre Heidari and hit all eight of his PATs at Syracuse (6-of-6) and at Stanford (2-of-2). He did not attempt a field goal.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2011 All-King County 3A/2A League second team as a senior placekicker and punter at Mercer Island (Wash.) High. He hit 9-of-11 field goals (with a long of 51 yards) and 23-of-26 PATs, had touchbacks on 50 of his 71 kickoffs and averaged 36.2 yards per punt (with a long of 59 yards) in 2011.
As a 2010 junior, he made All-League honorable mention and had 24 touchbacks on 42 kickoffs.
He also played soccer at Mercer Island, earning 2012 All-State Class3A second team honors.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC with a B average (3.34 GPA).
