Wooten played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and was selected in the fifth round of the 1959 NFL draft.
He joined the team in 1955 and became the second African-American varsity football player in the program's history (Franklin Clarke was the first).
[1] As a senior, Wooten earned American Football Coaches Association All-America honors and was selected to play in the Chicago College All-Star Game.
[2] He was also selected as one of 25 members of Colorado's All-Century Team in 1989, honoring the school’s first 100 years of intercollegiate football.
Brown led the league in rushing for six of the seven seasons Wooten served as one of his blockers, and was the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1965 with 1,544 yards and a league-best 21 touchdowns.
[1] Currently he is a Football GM & Scouting Instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide.
[4] In 2003, Wooten became the Chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, an advocacy group who works in conjunction with the National Football League as it relates to minority hiring in coaching, scouting and front office positions.