Week 10 Stats: 99-yard kickoff return for TD, 54-yard punt return for TD, 2 kickoff returns, 116 kickoff return yards
Woods took the return game to another level against Wagner on Saturday, becoming the first FCS player in a game this season to score on both a kickoff and a punt return. The junior wide receiver pulled Mercyhurst even at 21-21 before halftime with a 99-yard kickoff return before finding the end zone again with a 54-yard punt return that put the Lakers ahead, 28-27, early in the fourth quarter. Piling up 170 total return yards on the afternoon, including 116 on two kickoff returns, Woods caught five passes for a career-high 68 receiving yards for 238 all-purpose yards. The Lorton, VA native continues to rank among the NEC’s top return specialists. Leading the league with 496 kickoff return yards, he is sitting second with a 26.1 yard-per-kickoff average.Woods becomes the second Laker to take home NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office Special Teams Player of the Week honors this season, joining punter Thomas O’Neill.