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Louisville football: 21st century All-Cardinal offensive team

By Ethan Sprowles

LOUISVILLE, KY - OCTOBER 14: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals runs for a 41-yard touchdown to tie the game in the fourth quarter against the Boston College Eagles at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Boston College won 45-42. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY - OCTOBER 14: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals runs for a 41-yard touchdown to tie the game in the fourth quarter against the Boston College Eagles at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky. Boston College won 45-42. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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MOBILE, AL – JANUARY 24: Eric Wood #60 of the South Team looks to the sideline for a play against the North Team during the Under Armour Senior Bowl on January 24, 2009 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The South defeated the North 35-18. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images for Under Armour)
MOBILE, AL – JANUARY 24: Eric Wood #60 of the South Team looks to the sideline for a play against the North Team during the Under Armour Senior Bowl on January 24, 2009 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The South defeated the North 35-18. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images for Under Armour) /

Center – Eric Wood

2005-2009

There’s no question who would earn the nod as the 21st Century offensive team’s starting center. After redshirting his first season on campus, Wood became the team’s starting center in 2005 playing well enough to earn All-American honors by Rivals.com and College football news.

During the next two seasons, Wood would start 25 out of 26 games, showing serious durability – something that would be a huge fixture of his NFL career, helping the Cards offense rank sixth nationally in yards per game.

He would earn All-Big East accolades in both seasons and would go on to finish second for the most consecutive starts at center with 49.

During the course of his four-year career, Wood would be named to the First-team Freshman All-American team by College Football News, Second-team All-Big East, and First-team All-Big East in both 2007 and 2008.

With that type of resume and an Orange Bowl ring, Eric Wood is in the conversation for the best Louisville offensive lineman of all time, which is by no means an easy feat.

His impressive career at Louisville led to Wood being drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. He’d spend nine years in Buffalo, starting every game of his career at center, before a neck injury forced him into early retirement in 2018.

To this day, Wood is one of the fiercest, smartest, and most dominant offensive lineman that Cardnation has ever seen.

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