Michael Jay Woods (November 1, 1954 – May 29, 2009) was an American football linebacker who played three seasons with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL).

[1] Woods participated in football, basketball and track and field for the Benedictine High School Bengals.

[1] In 1975, he transferred to the University of Cincinnati after Tampa Spartans football was discontinued at the end of the 1974 season.

[1] On May 21, 1982, Woods went to a house in Cleveland to retrieve his father from all-night poker game.

[3] The injury paralyzed Woods, rendering him a quadriplegic for the last 27 years of his life.