Aaron Wofford is a safety at Western Michigan who has not played in Western Michigan's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Western Michigan lists 29 defensive backs this season.
Western Michigan is 6-3. Next: at Akron, Tue Nov 10.
Wofford erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches at Western Michigan: Tim Lester and Lance Taylor. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Toledo — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 33 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 64 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 72 | 46 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | Western Michigan | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 186 | 116 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 21 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-23@ Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-38@ No. 9 Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 14-13vs Toledo | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 47-14vs Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-3@ Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-26@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-13vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-19@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 15 | W 23-13vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 33 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
24%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL33 tackles · 1 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Pass share
33.3%
304 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
324 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #289 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #15 of 23 Mid-American Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,380 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mid-American as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tim Lester → Lance Taylor. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
