Antwaun Woods was little more than a training-camp body for the Dallas Cowboys, and a rotund one at that. One of his coaches warned the 6-foot-1, 312-pound nose tackle he was “eating his way out of the NFL,” even though the undrafted Woods barely had a foothold in the league as it was.
This summer in Oxnard, when the fourth-string Woods — essentially an anonymous human blocking sled — was not only making plays but had the temerity to trade punches with All-Pro center Travis Frederick during a Cowboys practice, people took notice.
“Honestly, when we first got him, we were like, ‘Who is this guy?