Wesley Woodyard net worth and salary: Wesley Woodyard is an American football player at the linebacker position for the Denver Broncos who has a net worth of $3 million. Wesley Woodyard was born in 1986 in LaGrange, Georgia where he played high school football at LaGrange High School and was named the Georgia Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year. Wesley Woodyard' high school team had a 51-3 record and won two state championships during his three seasons on the team. Wesley Woodyard played college football at the University of Kentucky, where as a freshman in 2004 he played the for 10 games as a strong safety and then switched to inside linebacker. Wesley Woodyard had 34 tackles that season and was selected to the Freshman All-SEC team. His sophomore season he started all 11 games and had 100 tackles. In his junior season he led the team with 122 tackles and tackles for loss, winning Defensive MVP honors in the Music City Bowl.
As a junior in 2006, Woodyard started all 13 games at linebacker, leading the team with 122 tackles and tackles-for-loss with 9.5. For the season he earned Defensive MVP honors in the Music City Bowl. As a senior in 2007, he started all 13 games at linebacker, leading the team with 139 tackles. Wesley Woodyard was undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft. He was later signed as an undrafted free agent by the Denver Broncos. In 2013, the Broncos selected him for the team's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.