Player Dossier

2019-2024

Boise State

Tavion Woodard

DE • 6'4" • 260 lbs • West Lafayette, IN, USA

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Tavion Woodard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

68

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ball State • Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Player Story

Tavion Woodard built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from West Lafayette, IN wearing No. 52, spending time with Ball State and Boise State. The clearest part of Tavion Woodard's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8094

West Lafayette · West Lafayette, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Tavion Woodard, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ball State. Tavion Woodard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
83
TFL
14.5
Sacks
10
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Tavion Woodard quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · DE
Career Tackles
83
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Western Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · West Lafayette · Ball State
High school pipeline
West Lafayette · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
5 tackles · DE 204th (top 75%) · Mountain West 300th (top 56%) · National 3,539th (top 58%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonBall State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonBall State340.502-026
2021 Regular SeasonBall State11236.54.511065.3
2022 Regular SeasonBall State12365422057.4
2023 Regular SeasonBall State7152.51.51-027.4
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State45-0--038.3

Related Context

Tavion Woodard played DE for Ball State and Boise State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tavion Woodard recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Ball State paired 13 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ball State, Boise State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

20.5

Usage

11.3

Consistency

46.4

Best Game by takeover score

Western Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Illinois: 5. Penn State: 3. Wyoming: 2. Toledo: 1. Army: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Central Michigan: 1. Buffalo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Illinois: 2 by 58.3. Penn State: 2 by 38.3. Wyoming: 2 by 28.3. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Army: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Western Illinois

Best efficiency game

58.3 vs Western Illinois

Result
Wed 11/24vs BuffaloW 20-322000
Thu 11/18vs Central MichiganL 17-3722100
Thu 11/11@ Northern IllinoisL 29-3033100
Tue 11/2@ AkronW 31-2521000
Sat 10/16@ Eastern MichiganW 38-3110000
Sat 10/9@ Western MichiganW 45-2033000
Sat 10/2vs ArmyW 28-1611000
Sat 9/25vs ToledoL 12-22300.500.500
Sat 9/18@ WyomingSplash gameL 12-4522110
Sat 9/11@ Penn StateSplash gameL 13-4422110
Thu 9/2vs Western Illinois2+ sacks · Splash gameW 31-2122221

Player Story

Tavion Woodard story

Tavion Woodard built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive end from West Lafayette, IN wearing No. 52, spending time with Ball State and Boise State. The clearest part of Tavion Woodard's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tavion Woodard's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State and Boise State.

The arc is straightforward: Tavion Woodard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ball State

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Boise State

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonBall State0
2020 Regular SeasonBall State2.513.94.82.5
2021 Regular SeasonBall State1320.511.310.5
2022 Regular SeasonBall State1323.36.60
2023 Regular SeasonBall State516.14.9-8
2024 Regular SeasonBoise State05.21.2-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Illinois

Week 1 · W 31-21

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia Southern

Week 4 · L 3-40

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 7 · W 25-21

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#4

vs Northern Illinois

Week 5 · W 44-38 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 6 · L 10-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Ball State

13 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 11.3 usage

65.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Ball State

57.4

13 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Boise State

38.3

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games