Ickey Woods is most known for being a former professional American football player who spent his whole career as a running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. Before this he was a hot and famous member of football team of UNLV. Between the years 1988 and 1991, he was a professional player and this was the peak of his career.
| Life & Career |
Ickey Woods was born and brought up in California. Here he went to the Edison School for his earlier studies. He made such an impression as a football player there that he was offered a football scholarship at the University of Nevad, where he played for the college team, the UNLV Rebels.
Ickey’s professional football career began in 1988, when the Cincinnati Bengals picked him as the 31st overall choice in the NFL Draft. Despite the fact that his career was brief, he left an indelible mark on the NFL’s history. He rushed for 1,066 yards and 15 touchdowns in his first season.
Unfortunately, his team was unable to capture the NFL Championship, as they were defeated in the Super Bowl by the San Francisco 49ers. Ickey sustained a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his second game of the season, which forced him to miss 13 months.
He returned in 1991, but was sidelined for the first part of the season after injuring his right knee before the season even started. He attempted to come back, but he couldn’t match his previous form, thus he chose to retire from football.
Ickey won multiple honors during his brief but still productive career, including the AFC running touchdowns leader in 1988 and being chosen to the First-Team All-Pro and Pro-Bowl in 1988. In addition, with the Cincinnati Bengals, he won the AFC Championship in 1988.
Ickey started seeking for a real career after retirement and worked as a sales representative for a meat firm, as well as starting his own flooring store. He also starred in a number of advertisements, including those for GEICO and Cincinnati Bell, which helped him boost his net worth. He is also the owner of the Cincinnati Sizzle of the Women’s Football Alliance League’s Cincinnati Sizzle.
| Personal Life & Relationships |
Ickey Woods is the father of six children with Chandra Baldwin Woods. He’s also noted for his charitable activity which is quite famous.
Having founded the Ickey Woods Youth Foundation and the Jovante Woods Foundation, both of which promote asthma research and organ donation education, he got huge popularity and loved by the people around him.
| Net Worth |
Ickey Woods’ estimated net worth is $5 million dollars, and his primary source of income is as an American football player. Although he is a brand ambassador of more than one brands and they are also paying him a huge amount of money.