When Navy football assistants go out on the road recruiting, they usually have to explain to potential prospects what a service academy is all about.
That normally is just the beginning of a process that culminates with convincing a recruit to accept the five-year military commitment that comes with being a Naval Academy graduate.
Andrew Wood needed no such primer when he was a junior at Friendship Christian School in Lebanon, Tennessee. Wood knew exactly what the deal was since his older brother attended the United States Coast Guard Academy.
Kyle Wood played football and baseball at Coast Guard and regular visits to the New London, Connecticut campus gave his younger brother a solid understanding of such an institution.