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Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, 13 year NFL veteran retires

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Robert Woods has retired from the NFL after 13 seasons. Woods was released by the Steelers in September in hopes of finding a new team, but no one ever came calling, and now he calls it a career.

Woods, 33, spent the last two seasons with the Houston Texans before coming to the Steelers this past offseason. He had 20 receptions for 203 yards in 2024 under Bobby Slowik.

Woods is a 6-foot, 193-pound wide receiver who has played in the NFL for over 12 seasons. His most prolific years in the NFL were with the Los Angeles Rams in Sean McVay’s offense, where he was used as a condensed wide receiver who would block and make plays over the middle of the field.

n 2018 and 2019, he had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams during his tenure there before heading to the Tennessee Titans for one season in 2022.

Woods started his career with the Buffalo Bills from 2013 to 2017. He was a second-round pick of USC in the 2013 NFL Draft.

He had 683 receptions for 8,076 yards and 38 touchdowns over his entire career.

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