LaMarr Woodley LaMarr Dewayne Woodley ( born November 3 , 1984 ) is an American football outside linebacker for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Michigan , and as recognized as an All - American . He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft , and he was a member of the Steelers ' Super Bowl XLIII championship team . Early years . LaMarr Woodley was born and raised in Saginaw , Michigan . Coming out of high school , Woodley was rated the No . 4 college prospect in the country by Rivals . com and was recruited nationally by University of Florida , University of Michigan , Michigan State , USC , and many other schools . While in high school , Woodley teamed with former Detroit Lions wide receiver Charles Rogers and former Chicago Bulls point guard Anthony Roberson on Saginaw High School ' s football team in 2000 to win Michigan ' s Division II state championship . College career . Woodley enrolled at the University of Michigan , where he played for coach Lloyd Carr ' s Michigan Wolverines football team from 2003 to 2006 . He predominantly played defensive end and sometimes linebacker , depending on the front seven ' s alignment . In 2006 , Woodley was named the defensive captain of the Wolverines by his teammates . He collected 12 sacks as a senior and won the Lombardi Award as the best lineman , offensive or defensive , in the country . T - shirts were created by Dave Peabody of the blog Michigan Against the World and sold in Ann Arbor with the slogan , " Guns don ' t kill people . LaMarr Woodley kills people . " His 12 sacks led the Big Ten conference , and it ranked 8th in the nation . Following his senior season in 2006 , LaMarr was a first - team All - Big Ten selection , and was recognized as a unanimous first - team All - American . Professional career . Pittsburgh Steelers . Woodley was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round with the 46th overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft . He originally wore Joey Porter ' s old number , 55 , throughout training camp , but after Steelers ' center Chukky Okobi was cut , he took Okobi ' s old number , 56 . He recorded his first sack in his second NFL game , as he sacked Buffalo Bills quarterback J . P . Losman in the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh ' s 26 - 3 win over Buffalo . He recorded his second sack in three games , against Alex Smith of the San Francisco 49ers , in the fourth quarter of the Steelers ' Week 3 37 - 16 win against the 49ers . In the 2008 season he was expected to start at the outside linebacker position left vacant when the Steelers let former starter Clark Haggans sign with the Arizona Cardinals . In Week 1 of the 2008 NFL season , Woodley was named GMC Defensive Player of the Week . He recorded three tackles , a sack , an interception , a defended pass , and a fumble recovery in his first career start . In week 4 of the 2008 NFL Season he recorded his first professional touchdown on a fumble recovery against the Baltimore Ravens . He finished the season with 11 . 5 sacks . In 2008 , the Steelers won their division over the Baltimore Ravens by one game , with a 12 - 4 record sending them to the playoffs . After defeating the San Diego Chargers 35 - 24 in the Divisional Round , they outlasted their division rivals , the Baltimore Ravens , 23 - 14 to advance to Super Bowl XLIII . With two sacks in both the Divisional Round and Conference Championship , Woodley became the first player in NFL history to record three consecutive multi - sack playoff games , dating back to the Steelers ' 31 - 29 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card Round of the 2008 playoffs . In Super Bowl XLIII , Woodley extended this streak to four games when he sacked Kurt Warner twice , forcing the game - ending fumble on Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner with 5 seconds remaining in the game to secure the win . In 2009 , he recorded 62 tackles , 13 . 5 sacks , and 1 forced fumble . He was named to his first Pro Bowl for his outstanding performance . He is a member of the Air Jordan brand . In 2010 , Woodley had 50 tackles , 10 . 0 sacks , an interception ( which he ran back for a touchdown ) , two pass deflections , three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries . During the 2011 season , Woodley missed six games with a hamstring injury and accordingly only recorded 39 tackles and 9 . 0 sacks . However , during the four game period when James Harrison ( his OLB partner and Steelers primary pass rusher ) was injured , Woodley moved into Harrison ' s role and greatly improved his performance , recording 7 . 5 sacks during those four games . He was voted 63rd best player of the 2011 season by NFL players . On December 15 , 2013 the Pittsburgh Steelers placed Lamar Woodley on the season ending IR due to a calf injury . At the time , he had 5 sacks , and 36 tackles in 11 games played in the season . Woodley was released on March 11 , 2014 . Oakland Raiders . On March 13 , 2014 , Woodley signed a two - year contract with the Oakland Raiders . Philanthropy . Since the start of his NFL career , Woodley has provided considerable amounts of free supplies to students in his hometown of Saginaw . In January 2012 , he donated 100 hooded sweatshirts to the Saginaw High band before its halftime performance at the Sugar Bowl between Michigan and Virginia Tech . Later that year , he started a foundation to coordinate his charitable activities . Shortly after the foundation was formed , Woodley found out that the Saginaw City School District would have to institute a $ 75 - per - student participation fee for high school athletics in the 2012 – 13 school year due to budget cutbacks . Through his foundation , he donated $ 60 , 000 to cover the fees for all athletes in the district — at Saginaw High , Arthur Hill High School , and the city ' s junior high and middle schools .