Cierre Wood Highlights
Cierre Wood
Pos: RB // Height: 6-0 // Weight: 210 lbs // Class: 2013 // Hometown: Oxnard, CA (Santa Clara HS)
Bio
Cierre Wood committed to Notre Dame despite heavy interest from local teams such as USC. After redshirting his freshman season in 2009, Wood had a breakout campaign in 2010 as a starter for most the year after the injury to Armando Allen. Wood heads in to 2011 as the feature back for the Fighting Irish.
Cierre Wood News Archive
Running Backs A Stabilizing Force in ’12
With quarterback play as a lingering question mark and the search to find someone capable to replace Michael Floyd’s productivity at wide receiver ongoing, the immediate future of the Irish passing game is uncertain. With so many unknowns in the passing game the Irish are in need of the running game to stabilize the offense [...]
Comments (5) // Published: April 13, 2012
Finding Some Positives from the Opener
It’s been about 36 hours since Notre Dame’s season opener ended with a thud and while the loss still stings it’s time to move on and start looking towards where the Irish go from here. With that in mind, here are several positive performances and bright spots in an otherwise disappointing display from the Irish [...]
Comments (15) // Published: September 5, 2011
The Indispensables – 2011 Edition
With just over two days remaining until the 2011 season kicks off for Notre Dame, we take a look at our yearly pre-season list of the most indispensable players on the Irish roster. I started this column last year and unfortunately Notre Dame lost four of the ten players I listed for a substantial amount [...]
Comments (2) // Published: September 1, 2011
Cierre Wood Named to Hornung Watch List
Notre Dame junior running back Cierre Wood was the latest Notre Dame player to be named to a pre-season award watch list on Tuesday when he was placed on the watch list for the Paul Hornung Award. The Paul Hornung Award is given annually to the most versatile player in college football by the Louisville [...]
Comments (3) // Published: August 10, 2011
An Early Look at Notre Dame’s Top 10 for ’11
Last year UHND and several other Notre Dame bloggers ranked the top 25 players on the Irish roster and there are plans for such an exercise again this year, but today we have an early look at the top 10 players on the Irish roster courtesy of Matt Fairchild of SportsCrack.com. Matt may be contributing [...]
Comments (10) // Published: June 24, 2011
7 Upper Classmen Ready for their Closeups
So far this week we’ve taken a look at some freshman ready to contribute and some sophomores ready for increased playing time. Today we move up the class ladder and look at some upper classmen who have contributed over the last few years, but are ready to elevate their games to a new level. Theo [...]
Comments (2) // Published: June 16, 2011
Initial Impressions: Notre Dame 33, Miami 17
Wow. What a way to end the season for Notre Dame. After a surprising three game winning streak to end the season, Notre Dame capped off its last season resurgence with a 33-17 victory over Miami in the Sun Bowl. Notre Dame dominated the game from start to finish with Miami never seriously challenging. The [...]
Comments (60) // Published: December 31, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 20, USC 16
THE STREAK IS OVER. Despite losing the turnover battle 4-1 and playing half of the game in a driving rain storm, Notre Dame ended USC’s 8 year winning streak over the Irish and capped off a roller coaster regular season on a high note. I’ll get into my normal post game comments in a bit, [...]
Comments (142) // Published: November 28, 2010
Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from the 2010 season opener, but it was also very evident that the Irish have a lot to work on this weekend. We’ll start on the defensive side [...]
Comments (63) // Published: September 4, 2010
First Depth Chart Released
The first depth chart of the season was released by Notre Dame Monday and there are a few surprises in the two deep heading into this weekend’s season opener versus Purdue. Here are a few thoughts on the first two deep of the season. Offense Tommy Rees won the backup quarterback spot over Nate Montana. [...]
Comments (38) // Published: August 31, 2010
An Update on Position Battles
Here’s a quick update on some position battles that have been going on through camp that are still going on. Kelly said the battle for the backup QB position is still going on between Nate Montana and Tommy Rees. Freshmen Andrew Hendrix and Luke Massa were sent to the scout team although Kelly made mention [...]
Comments (10) // Published: August 27, 2010
Training Camp ’10 – Hughes, Wood, Riddick, & Smith Videos
Here are some more videos posted on YouTube from training camp. Cierre Wood wants the ball. It also sounds like Wood is being prepared for a large role on special teams. Robert Hughes sees opportunities for running backs in the spread. Theo Riddick talks about adjusting to the faster tempo of practice under Brian Kelly. [...]
Comments (4) // Published: August 10, 2010
Continuing the Countdown – Players #15-11
The countdown towards Notre Dame’s top player continues today with the latest set of Notre Dame blogger player rankings. As I’ve done the past couple days, I’ll post some comments on my rankings as well as my thoughts on the other bloggers’ rankings. Today we’re looking at players ranked #15-11. Inside the Irish has everyone’s [...]
Comments (3) // Published: July 15, 2010
Notes from the 2010 Blue/Gold Game
Here are some notes and observations from this year’s Blue/Gold game. Tai-ler Jones is going to be a great player. Jones looked as good as any wide receiver on the field yesterday and looks like he has a very, very bright future ahead of him. He’s going to need to hit the weights between now [...]
Comments (11) // Published: April 26, 2010
Spring Storylines for Notre Dame in 2010
There isn’t a lack of story lines for the Irish heading into spring ball this year. Here’s a quick look at a few of the major ones facing the Irish as they head into the first spring under Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly’s First Spring The most prominent story line of the spring this year, is [...]
Comments (5) // Published: March 26, 2010
12 Players to Watch This Spring
Notre Dame kicks off the first spring practice under head coach Brian Kelly on Friday. While the excitement level isn’t quite where it was at after the last coaching change, excitement is starting to build and Notre Dame fans are excited to see how different the Irish will look this season. Here’s a look at [...]
Comments (21) // Published: March 26, 2010
Theo Riddick Moving to Wide Receiver
It was bound to happen. Players move positions every time there is a coaching change. We got a glimpse of this on Tuesday with a report that rising sophomore Theo Riddick will be moving to wide receiver and competing for playing time in the slot this spring. Riddick made his mark early in his freshman [...]
Comments (37) // Published: March 10, 2010
’09 Freshman Media Day Notes
Notre Dame held its Freshman Media Day on Friday. After watching all of the free video interviews of the players, here are some highlights and notes. Cierre Wood said that this year’s freshmen are a very tight group. He talked about being the closest with Theo Riddick, Shaquelle Evans, and Manti Te’o noting that Te’o [...]
Comments (0) // Published: August 24, 2009
Weis Talks Freshmen – Presser Notes 8/20
Weis spent most of his session with the media on Thursday discussing the freshman class. Aside from the obvious choices, it seems like there are plenty of candidates for some playing time in 2009. Here’s some notes on what Weis had to say. Manti Te’o got a lot of help from Scott Smith over the [...]
Comments (0) // Published: August 21, 2009
Open Practice Notes
Notre Dame held it’s only open practice of the 2009 training camp on Saturday. While the UHND crew couldn’t make it out to practice, luckily there is plenty of free video available from the day for me to make a few observations. It’s fun to watch Frank Verducci coach. Verducci is loud when he has [...]
Comments (7) // Published: August 16, 2009
Training Camp Video Roundup 8/10
The real hitting as yet to begin in camp, but there is still some video available of the few practices the Irish have held so far. Here are some highlights of Manti Te’o, Theo Riddick, Cierre Wood, and the defensive line. Manti Te’o First Practice Spotlight on Manti Teo @ Rivals Video Defensive Linemen Spotlight [...]
Comments (5) // Published: August 11, 2009
Wood Also Banged Up in Friday Loss
In doing a little more research on Cierre Wood’s performance last night I cam across this blurb from the Ventura Coutnry Star. What hurt the most was Santa Clara lost Wood to an injury less than three minutes into the fourth quarter. He had to be helped off the field. Hopefully the injury is not [...]
Comments (1) // Published: November 8, 2008
Wood Finally Held in Check by Clausen’s Old Team
Running back commit Cierre Wood was finally held in check Friday night by Jimmy Clausen’s high school alma mater Oaks Christian. There was a thought Oaks Christian High might finally be challenged Friday against Santa Clara of Oxnard, which came in riding a 18-game winning streak and featuring Notre Dame-bound running back Cierre Wood. Didn’t [...]
Comments (0) // Published: November 8, 2008
Cierre Wood Shows Big Play Ability
Running back commitment Cierre Wood flashed his big play potential this weekend in Santa Clara’s last minute win over Nordhoff with a 70 yard touchdown reception with just over a minute to go to put his team ahead for good. Wood got off to a slow start. After gaining 0 yards on his first 11 [...]
Comments (2) // Published: October 18, 2008
Wood, Riddick Have Huge Weekends
Both of Notre Dame’s current running back commitments had big weekends for their respective high schools. Riddick racked up over 300 all purpose yards and Riddick ran for 269 and had a game changing interception to lead his team to victory. Here’s what the Ventura County Star had to say about Wood’s performane this weekned. [...]
Comments (1) // Published: October 12, 2008
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