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Jersey Number 86
CJ Woods
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Brentwood School / Cal Poly / Pasadena CC
2024: Woods will compete for playing time at tight end as a redshirt senior in 2024.
2023: Woods, who transferred to USC in the fall of 2023 from Cal Poly, did not see action at tight end as a redshirt junior.
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE: Woods saw action in 10 games and caught 6 passes for 66 yards (11.0 avg) and 1 TD as a redshirt sophomore tight end.
CAL POLY: Woods did not see action as a redshirt freshman in 2021. He redshirted during the three-game spring 2021 season that replaced the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2019, he caught 17 passes for 382 yards and 7 TDs, and defensively, he made 44 tackles, with 10 for loss and 6 sacks, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and 2 PBUs while on varsity at the Brentwood School (Calif.).
He also played basketball.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. His mother Dr. Nickey Woods is the USC Gould School of Law’s Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, and is the Dean of Students for the JD Program. She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership, with a concentration in Educational Psychology, at the USC Rossier School of Education. She played basketball at UCLA (1994-96). His father, Andy Jr., played basketball at Montana (1988-90) and Washington (1991-94). His uncle, Maurice, played basketball at Washington (1990-94), while his aunt, Denise, played basketball at USC (1996-2000). His great uncle, Frank Stephens, played football at UCLA (1974-78). His aunt, Sina Hilbert, played basketball at Georgia Southern (2005-09). His cousin, Kayla Stephens, played basketball at Alabama State (2014-18), and another cousin, Torii Hilbert, played football at La Verne (2016-17) and Tennessee-Chattanooga (2018-19).
2023: Woods, who transferred to USC in the fall of 2023 from Cal Poly, did not see action at tight end as a redshirt junior.
PASADENA CITY COLLEGE: Woods saw action in 10 games and caught 6 passes for 66 yards (11.0 avg) and 1 TD as a redshirt sophomore tight end.
CAL POLY: Woods did not see action as a redshirt freshman in 2021. He redshirted during the three-game spring 2021 season that replaced the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior in 2019, he caught 17 passes for 382 yards and 7 TDs, and defensively, he made 44 tackles, with 10 for loss and 6 sacks, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and 2 PBUs while on varsity at the Brentwood School (Calif.).
He also played basketball.
PERSONAL: He is majoring in Communication at USC. His mother Dr. Nickey Woods is the USC Gould School of Law’s Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, and is the Dean of Students for the JD Program. She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership, with a concentration in Educational Psychology, at the USC Rossier School of Education. She played basketball at UCLA (1994-96). His father, Andy Jr., played basketball at Montana (1988-90) and Washington (1991-94). His uncle, Maurice, played basketball at Washington (1990-94), while his aunt, Denise, played basketball at USC (1996-2000). His great uncle, Frank Stephens, played football at UCLA (1974-78). His aunt, Sina Hilbert, played basketball at Georgia Southern (2005-09). His cousin, Kayla Stephens, played basketball at Alabama State (2014-18), and another cousin, Torii Hilbert, played football at La Verne (2016-17) and Tennessee-Chattanooga (2018-19).
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