TAKING HIS PLACE
AMONG THE GREATS
On Dec. 4 in New York City, Michigan legend
Charles Woodson officially took his place among
the best players in the history of the game when
he was inducted into the College Football Hall
of Fame. The 1997 Heisman Trophy winner and
two-time All-American became the 31st former
Wolverine player to earn the honor and the first
since running back Rob Lytle in 2015.
Woodson, who now works as a commentator for
ESPN, was originally told of his election last Janu-
ary, when his network colleagues surprised him
with the news live on an episode of Sunday NFL
Countdown.
"I want to say thank you to the National Foot-
ball Foundation … thank you to the University
of Michigan, all of my coaches, Lloyd Carr, all my
teammates — we all going in together," he said at
the time.
PHOTO COURTESY NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION/BEN SOLOMON
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