Charles Woodson's football career came full circle Sunday night, close to where it all started.
Woodson took the stage in Canton, Ohio, to be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Raiders legend was presented by his mother, Georgia Woodson.
No. 24 was enshrined 129 miles south of his hometown of Fremont, Ohio – where he won the state's Mr. Football award in 1994. Woodson would go on to win a Heisman Trophy, a Jim Thorpe Award, an NFL Defensive Player of the Year and a Super Bowl. The nine-time Pro Bowler stills owns two Raiders career records for forced fumbles (18) and pass deflections (84).
"A game that you used to sit down and watch as a kid, and it seemed so out of reach. All the sudden you get there, you play your time and then they tell you, 'You know what, you're good enough to be amongst the greats.' It doesn't get better than that," Woodson said prior to his induction.
Woodson has received a massive amount of support and salutations on being inducted into the Hall of Fame, including from quarterback Derek Carr, who played with Woodson for two seasons in Oakland.
"I think we all are, at some point, a fan of somebody and when you get to meet them, it's pretty cool," Carr said. "C-Wood, I can't limit his leadership to just when I played with him. He still is a leader to me. He still texts me. He still calls me. He'll call me out and say, 'Hey, do this.' And he'll still tell me when I'm doing a great job.
"I can't limit his leadership, again, to just the confined time. He's still a leader and a big brother to me. I'll always be thankful to him because, and he gets mad when I say this, when I was six years old, I was pretending to be him. The fact that he's in my life right now is pretty cool."
Woodson is the 12th Raider to be inducted in his first year of eligibility, and the third Heisman winner drafted by the Raiders to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Now the kid from Ohio takes his place in football history forever.
View photos from enshrinement day for Hall of Famers Tom Flores and Charles Woodson.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores reviews his speech before leaving for the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores gets ready before leaving for the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores gets ready before leaving for the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores heads to the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson answers a question during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinees' roundtable.
Hall of Famers Charles Woodson and Tom Flores pose for a photo with the other members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 during the enshrinees' roundtable.
Hall of Famers Charles Woodson and Tom Flores take part in the enshrinees' roundtable with the other members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson on the stage during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores and Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis unveil Flores' bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores and Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis unveil Flores' bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores bust on the stage during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Head Coach Tom Flores (1960-1969, 1979-1994)
Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Las Vegas Raiders Owner Mark Davis and Hall of Famer Tom Flores pose with Flores' bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Tom Flores' bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson and his mother Georgia Woodson unveil Charles' bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson speaks during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
DB Charles Woodson (1998-2005, 13-15)
Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson's bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famer Charles Woodson takes a selfie with his bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
Hall of Famers Tom Flores and Charles Woodson pose with their bust during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 enshrinement ceremony.
