2020 Football Roster
Roster
Woolford, Jovaun

Jersey Number 70
Jovaun Woolford
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Des Plaines, Illinois
- High School:
- Maine West
Bio
Honors at Rice
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
- All-Conference USA
- 2020 Coaches (Honorable Mention)
- 2021 Coaches (Honorable Mention)
- 2017 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches)
- 2017 All-Patriot League Second Team (Phil Steele)
- Three-Time Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll
- Two-Time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2021
Returned for his seventh year of college football thanks to the NCAA eligibility waiver for 2020... Made his 38th career start (16 at Rice) vs. LA Tech... Opened his seventh season of college football with his sixth consecutive start for Rice (27th overall) at Arkansas... Fourth on the offense with 768 snaps this yea.
2020
Grad transfer who moved in as the starter at right tackle for all five games and was second on the offensive line with 356 snaps (Shea Baker led with 358)... Earned honorable mention all-conference honors from league coaches... Came to Rice after receiving the sixth year from the NCAA as a medical hardship.
2019 (Colgate)
Served as a co-captain and played in 11 games (9 starts) as a senior after missing most of his junior year after an injury in the opening game… Made six starts at left tackle and three on the right side in 2019
2018
Started and played in the opener before suffering a season-ending injury.
2017
Started all 11 games at right tackle ... Part of the offensive line unit that sparked Raiders to 185.3 rushing yards per game, tops in Patriot League ... 10th time in last 11 years Raiders led Patriot League in rushing ... Colgate also allowed just 25 quarterback sacks, the fewest in the conference ... Led Patriot League and ranked 15th nationally with 32:34 time of possession average.
2016
Made his collegiate debut at Yale and played in the last nine games.
2015
Did not see action in his first year at Colgate.
Maine West High School
All-Area selection at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Illinois as a senior where he also served as a team captain for coach Jason Kradman... Also lettered in track and field (shot put and discus) and participated in wrestling ... Member of Varsity Club.
Personal
Full Name: Jovaun Woolford... Born: December 1 at Chicago, Illinois... Parents: Alvin and Michelle Hannon and Wayne Woolford... Two brothers, three stepbrothers, and one stepsister... Uncle (Donnell Woolford was an All-American cornerback at Clemson the 1st pick in the first round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Bears and a 1993 Pro Bowl selection… Enrolled in the Masters of Global Affairs program
Houston postgame
Sunday, September 07
Louisiana Postgame
Sunday, August 31
2025 February Signing Day
Thursday, February 06
Scott Abell 2024 December Signing Day
Wednesday, December 04