Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Kansas
D.J. Withers
DT • 6'4" • 300 lbs • Little Rock, AR, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
D.J. Withers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Houston
Player Story
D.J. Withers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 52, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of D.J. Withers' career was his defensive...
Read the storyD.J. Withers, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. D.J. Withers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 53
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
D.J. Withers quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · DT
- Career Tackles
- 53
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Houston
- High school pipeline
- Quitman · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DT 110th (top 48%) · Big 12 275th (top 38%) · National 2,329th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 17.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 21 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 10 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 45.5 |
Related Context
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D.J. Withers played DT for Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, D.J. Withers recorded 53 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kansas paired 8 primary output with 14.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wagner
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
14.7
Usage
4
Consistency
34.2
Best Game by takeover score
Wagner
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 4. Fresno State: 1. Missouri: 0.5. West Virginia: 0. Cincinnati: 0. UCF: 0. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0.5. Arizona: 1. Iowa State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 2 by 48.3. Fresno State: 0 by 10. Missouri: 2 by 13.3. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 9.2. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. Iowa State: 4 by 26.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wagner
Best efficiency game
48.3 vs Wagner
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Iowa State | L 14-38 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arizona | L 20-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Oklahoma State | W 38-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Kansas State | L 17-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCF | W 27-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Cincinnati | L 34-37 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs West Virginia | W 41-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Missouri | L 31-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Wagner2+ sacks · Splash game | W 46-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Fresno State | W 31-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
D.J. Withers story
D.J. Withers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 52, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of D.J. Withers' career was his defensive production: 53 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives D.J. Withers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kansas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 2 | 9 | 5.6 | 2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 2.5 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 2.5 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 20.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kansas | 8 | 14.7 | 4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Houston
Week 8 · W 42-14 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Wagner
Week 1 · W 46-7
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas
Week 12 · L 14-55 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Baylor
Week 14 · L 17-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ UNLV
Week 1 · W 49-36 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
8 primary output · 14.7 efficiency · 4 usage
45.5
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kansas
45.2
8 primary · 20.9 efficiency · 5.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Kansas
23.6
2 primary · 9 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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