H.S. Scouting Report
H.S. Athletic Background
Robert Woods is a 6-1, 185-pound Wide Receiver from Gardena, CA. He is ranked No. 2 in the country by 247Sports.
Woods is the No. 2 recruit in California (CA) and is the No. 1 Wide Receiver in the nation.
Woods has a 247Sports rating of 100, making him a 5-star prospect.
CAREER: In his career, he has 176 catches for 2,084 yards (11.8 avg.) with 21 TDs, 55 kickoff returns for 1,364 yards (24.8 avg.) with 1 TD, 14 punt returns for 122 yards (8.7 avg.) and 13 carries for 76 yards (5.8 avg.). He has 3,646 all-purpose yards on 258 plays (14.1 avg.). He ranks fourth on USC's career kickoff return list (1,364 yards) and tied for sixth on the career pass catching ladder (176 receptions). He has 9 100-yard receiving games in his career, including twice with 200 yards (joining Keyshawn Johnson and Dwayne Jarrett as the only Trojans to have done that), and 5 career outings with double digit receptions. He has 25 career starts.
2012: The All-American Woods, a Biletnikoff Award candidate who is one of the nation's most dynamic wide receivers and returners, returns for his third year as a starter as a junior in 2012. He is on pace to break USC career pass catching and kickoff return records.
2011: Woods was one of the nation's most outstanding and most exciting wide receivers and returners as a sophomore in 2011. Overall in 2011 while starting all 12 games, he had 111 receptions for 1,292 yards (11.6 avg.) with 15 TDs, plus 17 kickoff returns for 393 yards (23.1 avg.), 13 punt returns for 118 yards (9.1 avg.) and 7 carries for 16 yards (2.3 avg.). He was fourth nationally in receptions (9.3, first in Pac-12), eighth in receiving yards (107.7, second in Pac-12) and 16th in all-purpose running (151.6, fourth in Pac-12). He was 1 of only 2 players in the nation in the Top 16 in each of those categories. Only 4 other players in the nation had more catches or more receiving TDs. His 111 catches in 2011 broke Keyshawn Johnson's Pac-12 and USC season receptions record. His 15 TD catches in 2011 were 1 shy of the USC season record (tied for fifth on the Pac-12 season list) and his 1,292 receiving yards in 2011 were 17th on the Pac-12 season list. Four of his 15 TD catches in 2011 were at least 28 yards. He had 7 100-yard receiving games and 4 outings with double digit receptions in 2011. He and teammate Marqise Lee each had at least 1,000 receiving yards in 2011, the fourth time that a pair of Trojans had done that. Woods' and Lee's combined receptions (184) and receiving yards (2,435) in 2011 were the most by a pair of Trojans in a season. He had arthroscopic surgery on his ankle after the season.
