Shawn Wooden

Shawn Wooden (born October 23, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected in the sixth round by Jimmy Johnson, the then-coach of the Miami Dolphins. Wooden played for the Dolphins for four seasons and then signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Bears in the 2000 football season. After one year with the Bears, he returned to the Miami Dolphins for the remainder of his career. He is currently a financial advisor with Wooden Wealth Strategies.

Football career Wooden attended Abington Senior High School, where he played as running back in his senior season. He then accepted a full scholarship to the University of Notre Dame, where he started as a cornerback. One of the highlights of his college career came when he broke up Charlie Ward's final pass, resulting in Notre Dame's (ranked #2 at the time) defeat of the Florida State (ranked #1 at the time) in a nationally televised game in 1993 which was coined at that time the "Game of the Century". As a student-athlete he earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He had a nine-year professional career, playing for the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD 1996 MIA 16 11 67 54 13 0.0 2 15 0 15 0 2 0 0 1997 MIA 16 15 83 56 27 0.0 2 10 0 10 0 2 0 0 1998 MIA 2 1 10 10 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1999 MIA 15 6 73 54 19 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2000 CHI 11 0 18 14 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2001 MIA 13 0 16 16 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002 MIA 16 2 34 23 11 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2003 MIA 15 0 9 6 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 104 35 310 233 77 0.0 5 25 0 15 2 8 3 0

Playoffs Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Comb Solo Ast Sck Int Yds TD Lng FF FR Yds TD 1997 MIA 1 1 6 3 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1999 MIA 2 2 11 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2001 MIA 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 17 13 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Post-football career He is well known in the South Florida community for his volunteer work with various charities and organizations. He was forced to retire in 2004 due to a back injury.