The Bears invited Woods to rookie minicamp as a tryout player in 2018 when he came out of Maryland as a safety. They liked him but were interested in him as an inside linebacker — not a defensive back — and asked him if he would consider bulking up for a position change. The Bears were the only team that expressed interest in Woods so he realized it was his best shot. After playing at Maryland between 205 and 210 pounds, he put on some weight training for his pro day and surprised himself at 220. The Bears asked him to add some more weight after the tryout and he came back at 229 for the veteran minicamp, again on a tryout basis. He moved well when he showed up and got a contract, but his bid to make the team was derailed when he suffered a broken left pinkie in the second preseason game against the Bengals. Woods was cut but re-signed to the practice squad, where he spent the entire season. Now he’s got to show a new defensive coaching staff what he can do.