MACCC SPORTS HALL OF FAME
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TEN YEAR NFL VETERAN WOODS PEGGED FOR MACCC SPORTS HALL OF FAME One of the longest tenured professional athletes in the rich history of Northeast Mississippi Community College is adding another recognition to his stellar resume. Jerome Woods was chosen as Northeast’s representative for the 2021 class of the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) Sports Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony returns following a one-year hiatus due to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday, April 27 starting at 6 p.m. at Hinds Community College’s Clyde Muse Center. “We congratulate Jerome for this honor and the legacy he has created,” Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford said. “Jerome played a very integral part in the football history of Northeast. His contributions will be unequaled for many years to come.”
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Woods is the fourth member of the football program to enter the MACCC Sports Hall of Fame and just the second athlete alongside fellow National Football League (NFL) alumnus David “Nub” Strickland. Former head coaches David Carnell and W.B. “Bill” Ward are part of that group as well. “It means a lot just to be thought about and knowing that Northeast is where it all began for me,” said Woods,
who spent each of his 10 seasons in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs. Woods’ decade-long stint is tied for the most years in the NFL by any former Tiger with Mario Addison. However, Addison is on pace to break that mark this fall with two seasons remaining on his current contract with the Buffalo Bills. But Woods’ path to the NFL almost never happened. It took some convincing from University of Memphis (Tenn.) assistant coach James Fox and Northeast headman Hubert Tucker to continue pursuing his dreams on the gridiron instead of joining the Navy. “At that point I was over football. I was like, ‘I’m going to go on and do something else with my life,’” Woods said. “(Fox) begged me and said, ‘I’ve got a coach I want to bring in before you sign up with the military. Let us come
