Player Dossier

2014-2017

Toledo

Ja'Wuan Woodley

LB • 5'11" • 228 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ja'Wuan Woodley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

86%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

89

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio

Player Story

Ja'Wuan Woodley built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Ja'Wuan Woodley's career was his defensive production:...

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Ja'Wuan Woodley, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Toledo. Ja'Wuan Woodley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
145
TFL
17.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Ja'Wuan Woodley quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · LB
Career Tackles
145
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Toledo
Top game
Ohio
Latest roster
No. 30 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
66 tackles · LB 203rd (top 19%) · Mid-American 38th (top 7%) · National 371st (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonToledo20-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonToledo10-0--041.4
2016 PostseasonToledo1371.50.5-1074.5
2016 Regular SeasonToledo137211.5351074.5
2017 PostseasonToledo13710--048.9
2017 Regular SeasonToledo13593.52-3048.9

Related Context

Ja'Wuan Woodley played LB for Toledo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ja'Wuan Woodley recorded 145 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Toledo paired 23.5 primary output with 43.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Toledo

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

29.2

Usage

7.4

Consistency

59.7

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. App State: 1. Elon: 2. Nevada: 1. Tulsa: 2. Miami: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0.5. Central Michigan: 1. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. App State: 7 by 39.2. Elon: 5 by 40.8. Nevada: 2 by 18.3. Tulsa: 6 by 45. Miami: 8 by 43.3. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 21.7. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 5 by 30.8. Ohio: 7 by 29.2. Western Michigan: 9 by 47.5. Akron: 8 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 10 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Western Michigan

Result
Sun 12/24vs App StateL 0-3473100
Sat 12/2vs AkronW 45-2884000
Fri 11/24vs Western MichiganW 37-1092100
Thu 11/9@ OhioL 10-3874000
Thu 11/2vs Northern IllinoisW 27-1754001
Thu 10/26@ Ball StateW 58-1721000
Sat 10/21vs AkronW 48-2121000
Sat 10/14@ Central MichiganW 30-1011001
Sat 10/7vs Eastern MichiganW 20-15420.5000
Sat 9/23@ MiamiL 30-5285001
Sat 9/16vs TulsaSplash gameW 54-5164110
Sat 9/9@ NevadaW 37-24220010
Thu 8/31vs ElonSplash gameW 47-1354110

Player Story

Ja'Wuan Woodley story

Ja'Wuan Woodley built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Toledo. The clearest part of Ja'Wuan Woodley's career was his defensive production: 145 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 30 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ja'Wuan Woodley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Toledo

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonToledo00
2015 Regular SeasonToledo1201
2016 PostseasonToledo23.543.41222.5
2016 Regular SeasonToledo23.543.4120
2017 PostseasonToledo10.529.27.4-13
2017 Regular SeasonToledo10.529.27.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio

Week 9 · L 26-31 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 10 · W 48-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Tulsa

Week 3 · W 54-51

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Elon

Week 1 · W 47-13

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#5

vs App State

Week 1 · L 28-31 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Toledo

23.5 primary output · 43.4 efficiency · 12 usage

74.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Toledo

74.5

23.5 primary · 43.4 efficiency · 12 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Toledo

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games