No. 32 Washington Redskins | |||||||||
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Position: | Safety | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | December 15, 1989 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Raeford, North Carolina | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Raeford (NC) Hoke County | ||||||||
College: | North Carolina State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 5 / Pick: 136 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||
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Tackles: | 52 |
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Interceptions: | 1 |
Passes defensed: | 6 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Earl Wolff IV (born December 15, 1989) is an American football safety for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina State. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.
Wolff was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended Hoke County High School in Raeford, where he played running back and safety for the Hoke County Fighting Bucks high school football team. He rushed 135 times for 997 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior, and also recorded 89 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five interceptions, one sack and seven forced fumbles on defense. He was named all-conference as a running back and all-region as a safety, and also earned all-conference honors after his junior season as a safety. He was an all-conference performer in track since his ninth grade year, including finishing fifth in the state in the long jump and triple jump in the tenth grade.
Wolff attended North Carolina State University, where he played for the NC State Wolfpack football team from 2008 to 2012. After redshirting in 2008, he started four games in 2009 at the boundary safety position, he ended the season ranked 10th on the squad with 51 tackles. In 2010, he ranked first on the team in tackles with 95, and recorded his first career interception in a win against Central Florida, and also forced three fumbles. In 2011, he was named a conference honorable mention after recording 105 tackles (59 solo), three interceptions and three pass break-ups. In 2012, he recorded 119 tackles (75 solo), seven pass break ups, nine pass deflections, two interceptions and a forced fumble, which earned himself first team all-conference honors. He finished his career with 400 career tackles, 7 interceptions, and 9 forced fumbles.