Darren Woodson

One of the greatest players to ever wear a Dallas Cowboys uniform

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3-time Super Bowl Champion; 5-time Pro Bowl selection; inducted into the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor, Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Arizona Sports Hall of Fame
Featured in Forbes; described by Sports Illustrated as “one of the hardest hitters in the NFL”
Winner of Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Man of the Year Award; honored with the Tom Landry Legend Award and The Salute to Service Award
ESPN NFL analyst; appears on NFL Live, SportsCenter, NFL on FOX, ESPN’s Sunday Night Football, NFL Monday Night Football, NFL2Night, TNT Sunday Night Football, The NFL on NBC
Involved in a number of businesses; serves as board member for the North Texas Chapter of the Make- a-Wish Foundation

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Three-time Super Bowl champion and five-time Pro Bowl selection, Darren Woodson is one of the greatest players to ever wear a Dallas Cowboys uniform. The vocal leader of the defense during the Cowboys 1990’s Super Bowl teams, Woodson was one of the most popular players both inside the clubhouse and as an ambassador in the community. Upon retirement, Woodson joined ESPN as an NFL analyst. He appears on NFL Live and SportsCenter, as well as other ESPN platforms throughout the year.

Woodson earned a reputation as one of the hardest hitters and most ferocious strong safeties in the NFL during his 13 seasons (1992-2004), all with the Dallas Cowboys. The quarterback of the team’s defense during its three championship runs in the 1990s (Super Bowl’s XXVII, XXVIII and XXX), Woodson registered career totals of 11 sacks, 23 interceptions and 1,350 tackles, the most in Cowboys franchise history at the time of his retirement in 2004.

A native of Phoenix, Woodson was a second-round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft (37th overall) from Arizona State University, where he was a converted linebacker. He earned a bachelor of science from ASU in Justice Studies.

In addition to his analyst work for ESPN, Woodson is involved in several businesses, and he remains active in the Dallas community, most notably as a board member for the North Texas Chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

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Creating Cultures of Excellence

What are the cultural differences between mediocre teams and winning teams, whether they are in sports or business? In this speech, Darren Woodson (5 time Pro Bowl safety and 3 time NFL Super Bowl Champion with the Dallas Cowboys) describes what leaders must embrace in order to build a culture of excellence with their teams. Learn how to embrace change, competition, and confrontation within your organization.