Khalid Wooten | |
Position: | Cornerback |
Birth Date: | 19 February 1990 |
Birth Place: | San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 200 |
High School: | Rialto (CA) Carter |
College: | Nevada |
Draftyear: | 2013 |
Draftround: | 6 |
Draftpick: | 202 |
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Pfr: | WootKh00 |
Cfl: | khalid-wooten/161775/ |
Khalid Bilal Wooten (born February 19, 1990) is a Canadian football cornerback who is a free agent.[1] He played college football at Nevada and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
He attended Carter High School in Rialto, California.[2] He was a four-year letterman in high school. He selected as the Citrus Belt League MVP in 2007 and also was selected two-time first-team All-League team for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
He played college football at Nevada. He was selected to Preseason All-MW Second-team by the Phil Steele in his senior season. In, 2012, He also was selected to the Preseason All-MW Third-team by College Football Madness.
On April 27, 2013, he was selected in the 6th round (202 overall) by the Tennessee Titans in the 2013 NFL draft.[3] The Titans released Wooten on August 31, 2013. He was signed to the practice squad for the Titans the following day.[4] Tennessee waived him again on August 31, 2014.[5]
Wooten played in two games, starting in both instances, for the Montreal Alouettes (CFL) in 2016.[6]
On May 1, 2017, Wooten was traded to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for running back Cierre Wood, defensive end Denzell Perine.[7]
Wooten was signed to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts on August 22, 2017.[8]
On April 3, 2019, Wooten was assigned to the Atlantic City Blackjacks.
Later in 2019, Wooten signed to the Massachusetts Pirates, where he played for three seasons[9] including on the 2021 United Bowl championship team.[10] On June 13, 2022, Wooten was released by the Pirates.[1]