Bringing the perspective of a ten-year NFL playing career and the last 20 years evaluating college players, Terry Wooden enters his 17th year with the Saints and eighth as a national scout. For his first nine years with the club he served as an area scout where his responsibilities included evaluating the prospects from the colleges located in the Western region of the country.
Wooden joined the Saints in 2007 after serving as a college scout for the Buffalo Bills from 2003-2006.
Wooden was selected in the second round (29th overall) by Seattle in the 1990 NFL Draft and played for the Seahawks through 1996. After departing Seattle, he had stints with the Kansas City Chiefs (1997) and the Oakland Raiders (1998). He posted career totals of 700 tackles, 10 sacks, seven interceptions, 34 passes defensed and 12 fumble recoveries. While with the Seahawks he was voted by his teammates as the club's 1992 Ed Block Courage Award winner, presented to the player who best exemplifies the principles of courage and sportsmanship.
During his college career at Syracuse University, Wooden was a four-year starter and selected to the All-East Coast Athletic Conference first-team three times. He graduated in 1990 with a sociology degree. Following his career, Wooden was voted to the Syracuse All-Century Team.
Terry's younger brother, JoJo Wooden, is the director of player personnel for the Los Angeles Chargers.
