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| HT/WT: 6-3, 255 lbs |
| Birthplace: Rowlett, TX |
| Age: 33 |
| School: SMU |
| Experience: 10 |
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Top Zach Wood News
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Saints' Zach Wood: Placed on IR
The Saints placed Wood (calf) on injured reserve Friday.
Wood's calf injury is set to keep him away from the field for at least four weeks, which essentially mirrors the minimum amount of time he'd be required to miss while on IR. The Saints will likely utilize new practice-squad addition Scott Daly as the interim long snapper beginning with an elevation for Sunday's game against the Ravens.
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Saints' Zach Wood: To miss time with calf strain
Wood is expected to miss significant time with a calf strain, Katherine Terrell of ESPN reports.
Per Terrell, the injury is significant enough to potentially keep Wood sidelined for 4-to-6 weeks. The Saints are currently without a healthy long snapper on their 53-man roster, but defensive tackle John Ridgeway was their emergency long snapper during training camp.
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Saints' Zach Wood: All set for Week 1
Wood (hamstring) did not appear on the Saints' injury report Wednesday.
Wood was dealing with a hamstring injury during the preseason but he appears to have recovered from it. The 32-year-old is set to operate as the team's long snapper in Sunday's regular-season opener against Arizona.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Working through hamstring injury
Wood (hamstring) didn't participate in New Orleans' practice Tuesday, Katherine Terrell of ESPN reports.
Wood had signed a contract extension with the Saints in July but is now sidelined with an injury. He is currently the only long snapper on the team's roster, so they could be forced to look elsewhere should Wood be forced to miss extended time.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Inks extension
Wood signed an extension with the Saints on Friday, Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports.
The extension has Wood under contract with New Orleans through the 2027 season. The 30-year-old long snapper first signed with the Saints in 2017 and has been on the team ever since.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Clears COVID-19 protocol
Wood was cleared from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday, Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports.
Wood tested negative for COVID-19 multiple times, prompting his removal from the list. The 26-year-old long snapper is thus set to practice with his team once more.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Lands on COVID-19 list
Wood was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, Mike Triplett of ESPN.com reports.
The four-year pro will have to pass through proper COVID protocol testing before he can return to the field. Wood has spent all three seasons in New Orleans.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Re-signs with New Orleans
Wood re-signed with the Saints on Monday, Herbie Teope of NFL.com reports.
Wood played all 16 games during both of his previous seasons with the Saints and will return for a third year. The 26-year-old long snapper's presence will provide reliability to New Orleans' kicking unit, which was one of the league's best in the last pair of seasons.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Re-signs with Saints
The Saints re-signed Wood to a one-year deal Tuesday, Herbie Teope of The Times-Picayune reports. "I'm very excited," Wood said Tuesday. "This is where I want to be. I've grown to love this team and love the guys that I play with and I couldn't be more happy with where I am."
Wood signed a one-year deal with the Saints last season after spending time with the Cowboys previously. He played in all 16 games and logged 151 snaps on special teams as the Saints produced one of the top kicking units in 2017.
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Saints' Zach Wood: Signs with Saints
Wood signed a contract with the Saints on Saturday, freelance NFL writer Howard Balzer reports.
The Saints added Wood to be their long snapper after releasing veteran Jon Dorenbos due to a heart issue.
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