Darren Woodson
- 3X Super Bowl Champion
- Former ESPN Analyst
- Commercial Real Estate Entrepreneur
- One of the greatest Dallas Cowboys of all time
Since his retirement in 2004 Darren Woodson has built a national brand through his involvement in a variety of businesses, and his philanthropic work on the board of the North Texas Make-a-Wish Foundation. He co-founded the thriving social startup Guidehop.com, seeking to connect visitors with locals to uncover the flavor of a community in new
read the restThree-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Darren Woodson, joined ESPN as an NFL analyst in 2005. He appears on NFL Live and SportsCenter, as well as other ESPN platforms throughout the year.
Woodson earned a reputation as one of the hardest hitters and most ferocious strong safeties in the NFL during his 13 seasons (1992-2004), all with the Dallas Cowboys. The quarterback of the team’s defense during its three championship runs in the 1990s (Super Bowl’s XXVII, XXVIII and XXX), Woodson registered career totals of 11 sacks, 23 interceptions and 1,350 tackles, the most in Cowboys franchise history at the time of his retirement in 2004.
A native of Phoenix, Woodson was a second round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft (37th overall) from Arizona State University, where he was a converted linebacker. He earned a bachelor of science from ASU in Justice Studies.
In addition to his analyst work for ESPN, Woodson is involved in a number of businesses, and he remains active in the Dallas community, most notably as a board member for the North Texas Chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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