‘Wood had a great impression of Buffalo well before the draft, thanks to Kragthorpe. "He loves the city, he loves the team," Wood said of his college coach. "He talked to me just about every day about his experience in Buffalo – the way guys handle their business, trying to give me insight to get to this level. I’m sure Coach K was ringing the phones off the hook to try to get me up here. … It’s really neat to play somewhere that I’ve heard so many good things about, and I hear all the time about his relationship with the players that he coached and how he continues the relationships."’