Wood, who finishes his career as ND?s seventh all-time leading rusher (2,447 yards), has been perceived to have had a foot and a half out the door since late November, when his availability to the media was truncated.
ESPN?s Joe Schad was the first to report the move had been made official. Wood was a senior with a fifth-year option. The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft is Tuesday.
Schad reported Wood received a third-round grade from the NFL Draft Advisory Board, but hopes to move up. The 2013 NFL Draft will be held April 25-27 in New York.
?The predraft process is going to determine a lot ? how he works out and how he interviews,? said draft analyst Scott Wright of draftcountdown.com, who sees Wood going anywhere from the third round to undrafted.
?This is not a great running back class. There?s room to move up. He?s very talented, but that doesn?t mean it will happen for him.?
There are questions NFL personnel will have about the 6-foot, 215-pounder?s two-game suspension to start the season. And, after rushing for more than 1,000 yards in 2011, Wood lost carries in 2012 to senior Theo Riddick, the latter now viewed as the stronger of the two pro prospects.
Wright said Wood would have benefited from returning to ND for the 2013 season. He rushed for 742 yards on 114 carries with four touchdowns this past season.
Family concerns weighed into Wood?s decision. He has a 1-year-old daughter, Braelyn, who lives with her mother in Las Vegas.
Notre Dame thus loses its top two rushers, but has a glut of potential at the position for 2013. Sophomores George Atkinson (361 yards, 51 carries, 5 TDs) and Cam McDaniel (125, 23, 1) are joined by USC transfer Amir Carlisle, redshirted freshman Will Mahone and highly touted recruits Greg Bryant and Tarean Folston.
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