"Being from Florida you just don't know a lot about the other Southern states if you don't visit them," Woods explained. "I had this idea of Tennessee and it was this way and when I got there I was feeling the vibe from when I jumped off the van to when I left.
"The fans up there, like seeing them and talking to them after the 'Vol Walk,' you could tell there was something special and some real excitement about the place. There was something different about them. It surpassed everything I thought about them. What I thought about them it was totally different.
"Tennessee came into the picture late. They were an option, but there wasn't anything big. But, everybody was telling me I need to think about Tennessee so I said, 'Ok, I'll try it out.'
"So, I tried it out and it became fun. It felt like home. It felt like I was back in North Marion playing a game."
"I asked coach Jones, 'What separates Tennessee from other schools?' Because everybody has good facilities and everybody has tutors, what is that makes them different. He said it was the people around you.
"They are the place like Waffle House that has their regulars and they know what you're going to get and how you like it every time you walk in.
"Like, when I was walking the streets after the game and they saw my tag and they would tell me about why they came to Tennessee and why they love it. Not just, 'We want you to come play football.'
"Like coach Jones was talking about, the power of Tennessee Football is the people. Just the vibe, the whole city there."
Woods was able to spend a good deal of time with Jones and defensive line coach Steve Stripling over the weekend and said he felt comfortable around both coaches.
"One thing about me, I can pick up on vibes, quick. I can pickup on people's personalities quick," Woods said. "When I met coach Jones and coach Strip -- people are going to be coaches and try to recruit you, but you can feel the inner part of them. You can see what they do differently. I know that any coach is going to coach me hard. But, I could feel that they were good persons and they liked to joke around and laugh and that was cool. That was a good feeling with them."
"They are definitely firmly in the mix," Woods said. "Like, my mom was saying let's go ahead and get this official visit over with. But, now Tennessee moved up in her mind. She likes Tennessee now, she likes what they're doing. My brother, same thing. We were out on the streets and he saw Josh Dobbs and he said, 'Josh Dobbs is my favorite quarterback now.'
"Everybody's minds were changed about Tennessee. We didn't know Rocky Top could be like that."