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Oklahoma WR Mike Woods Picked by Browns

The former Arkansas transfer was productive in his one season in Norman.
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Oklahoma WR Mike Woods Picked by Browns
Oklahoma WR Mike Woods Picked by Browns

Oklahoma wide receiver Mike Woods is off to Cleveland.

The Browns on Saturday selected the former Sooner and one-time Arkansas Razorback with the 24th pick of the sixth round, No. 202 overall.

In Cleveland, Woods will be reunited with defensive lineman Perrion Winfrey, who was previously selected by the club in the fourth round.

Woods caught 35 passes for 400 yards and scored two touchdowns for the Sooners last year after transferring from Arkansas.

In Fayetteville, Woods caught 83 passes for 1,248 yards and scored eight TDs.

Woods earned honorable mention All-Big 12 Conference from the league’s coaches after playing in 11 games with nine starts.

His senior year at OU included a career-high eight catches for 86 yards against West Virginia. He also hauled in three for 75 yards against TCU.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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