Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Auburn
Colby Wooden
DE • 6'5" • 284 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Colby Wooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
87
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Auburn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Auburn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
Colby Wooden built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 25, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Colby Wooden's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Auburn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 116
- NFL Team
- Green Bay Packers
Colby Wooden, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Auburn. Colby Wooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 151
- TFL
- 29.5
- Sacks
- 14.5
- QB hurries
- 23
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Colby Wooden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Auburn · DE
- Career Tackles
- 151
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Auburn
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Archer · Auburn
- High school pipeline
- Archer · 19 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 4 · Pick 14 · Green Bay Packers
- Latest roster
- No. 25 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 45 tackles · DE 21st (top 8%) · SEC 79th (top 13%) · National 691st (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Auburn | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | Auburn | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 61.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 40 | 9 | 3.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Auburn | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Auburn | 13 | 57 | 8.5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Auburn | 11 | 45 | 11.5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.4 |
Related Context
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Colby Wooden played DE for Auburn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Colby Wooden recorded 151 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Auburn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Auburn paired 30.5 primary output with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Auburn
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.8
Efficiency
44.3
Usage
15
Consistency
61.3
Best Game by takeover score
Mississippi State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mercer: 1. San José State: 2. Penn State: 0. Missouri: 3.5. LSU: 4. Georgia: 2. Ole Miss: 1. Arkansas: 4. Mississippi State: 5.5. Texas A&M: 5. Western Kentucky: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mercer: 3 by 22.5. San José State: 2 by 28.3. Penn State: 5 by 20.8. Missouri: 4 by 51.7. LSU: 5 by 60.8. Georgia: 5 by 40.8. Ole Miss: 5 by 30.8. Arkansas: 8 by 73.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 66.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 54.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 37.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.8 · Games = 5 · +0.0 vs Losses
Losses2.8 · Games = 6 · -0.0 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
Mississippi State
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Arkansas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | vs Western KentuckySplash game | W 41-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Texas A&MSplash game | W 13-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | L 33-39 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs ArkansasSplash game | L 27-41 | 8 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Ole Miss | L 34-48 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ GeorgiaSplash game | L 10-42 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs LSUSplash game | L 17-21 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs MissouriSplash game | W 17-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Penn State | L 12-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 24-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Mercer | W 42-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Colby Wooden story
Colby Wooden built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 25, spending time with Auburn. The clearest part of Colby Wooden's career was his defensive production: 151 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss, 14.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Auburn. 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 Colby Wooden's production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Auburn.
The arc is straightforward: Colby Wooden 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
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Auburn
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Auburn | 0.5 | 7.2 | 1.7 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Auburn | 19.5 | 33.3 | 9.9 | 19 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Auburn | 19.5 | 33.3 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Auburn | 22.5 | 36.9 | 9.3 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Auburn | 22.5 | 36.9 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Auburn | 30.5 | 44.3 | 15 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas
Week 7 · W 38-23 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Mississippi State
Week 10 · L 33-39 · Conference game
5.5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ South Carolina
Week 7 · L 22-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#4
vs Arkansas
Week 6 · W 30-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#5
@ LSU
Week 5 · W 24-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Auburn
30.5 primary output · 44.3 efficiency · 15 usage
76.4
#2
2020 Postseason · Auburn
61.7
19.5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Auburn
61.7
19.5 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 9.9 usage
Milestones
16
Impact games
19
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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