Robert Woods indicators one-day contract to retire as a Ram
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. – Former Rams broad receiver Robert Woods signed a one-day contract to retire as a member of the group on Tuesday.
“After 27 unforgettable years of pouring my coronary heart into this recreation, and 13 unbelievable years within the NFL – It is time for me to step away from enjoying the game that has given me every little thing,” Woods mentioned in a publish on his Instagram account. “Soccer has by no means been a recreation to me – it has been my ardour, my objective, and my lifelong dream. I cherished each second my cleats touched the grass. Each time I stepped onto the sphere, I used to be decided to go away a bit of myself in each snap.”
One of many first free agent signings of the Sean McVay period in Los Angeles alongside offensive lineman Andrew Whitworth within the spring of 2017, Woods performed 5 of his 12 seasons the Rams – essentially the most he spent with any group in his profession – and loved the best stretch of his profession with 367 receptions for 4,626 yards and 23 touchdowns in that span. That just about doubled his manufacturing in every of these respective classes in comparison with his first 4 NFL seasons with the Payments.
That point in LA was highlighted by back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons, the primary of which marked the primary time in his profession reaching the group. A torn Achilles sustained throughout observe in mid-November prematurely ended what turned his remaining season with the Rams, however his impression was nonetheless felt all through the group’s Tremendous Bowl LVI-winning playoff run that 12 months.
In March 2022, Woods was traded from the Rams to the Titans. A 12 months later, he signed a two-year cope with the Texans. Whereas he spent nearly all of the 2025 offseason with the Pittsburgh Steelers, that 2024 season in Houston in the end marked his remaining one.
Initially a second-round draft decide (41st general) out of USC in 2013 by the Buffalo Payments, Woods concludes his NFL profession with 683 receptions for 8,233 yards and 38 touchdowns throughout these 12 seasons, beginning in 145 of 171 common season video games performed. He began 67 of 68 common season video games performed with the Rams, and likewise began all six playoff video games he performed in Los Angeles.
Previous to coming into the NFL, he starred regionally at Serra Excessive College in Gardena and later for the College of Southern California.
