Player Dossier

2019-2023

Pittsburgh

A.J. Woods

DB • 5'11" • 195 lbs • Germantown, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

A.J. Woods shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

30

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

A.J. Woods built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Germantown, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of A.J. Woods' career was his defensive production:...

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A.J. Woods, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. A.J. Woods shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
102
TFL
7
Sacks
2
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
24

Quick Answers

A.J. Woods quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DB
Career Tackles
102
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Wake Forest
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DB 312th (top 33%) · ACC 135th (top 22%) · National 1,306th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh31-0--034.5
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh61710-2027.9
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh114-0-2038.8
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh11220.50-5038.8
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh122820112054.5
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh12303.5223035.9

Related Context

A.J. Woods played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, A.J. Woods recorded 102 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 16 primary output with 23.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

19.2

Usage

4.6

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 0. Cincinnati: 0. West Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Louisville: 1. Wake Forest: 6. Notre Dame: 1. Florida State: 2.5. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 1. Duke: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wofford: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 4 by 26.7. Wake Forest: 4 by 66.7. Notre Dame: 0 by 10. Florida State: 4 by 41.7. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 1 by 14.2. Duke: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/25@ DukeL 19-3010000
Fri 11/17vs Boston CollegeW 24-1610001
Sat 11/11@ SyracuseL 13-2831000
Sat 11/4vs Florida StateSplash gameL 7-24420.5002
Sat 10/28@ Notre DameL 7-5800000
Sat 10/21@ Wake Forest2+ sacks · Splash gameL 17-2144320
Sat 10/14vs LouisvilleW 38-21420010
Sun 10/1@ Virginia TechL 21-3831000
Sun 9/24vs North CarolinaL 24-4154000
Sat 9/16@ West VirginiaL 6-1710000
Sat 9/9vs CincinnatiL 21-2710000
Sat 9/2vs WoffordW 45-731000

Player Story

A.J. Woods story

A.J. Woods built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Germantown, MD wearing No. 9, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of A.J. Woods' career was his defensive production: 102 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 64 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives A.J. Woods' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Pittsburgh

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh01.40.3
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh418.53.24
2021 PostseasonPittsburgh8.518.52.54.5
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh8.518.52.50
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1623.13.67.5
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh11.519.24.6-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 8 · L 17-21 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Michigan

Week 3 · W 34-13

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Louisville

Week 8 · L 10-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 13 · L 17-52 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Rhode Island

Week 4 · W 45-24

2

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

16 primary output · 23.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage

54.5

#2

2021 Postseason · Pittsburgh

38.8

8.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

38.8

8.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games