AJ Wooten: DL · UCF · #54.
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AJ Wooten
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at UCF: Scott Frost and Josh Heupel. On tape: 6 tackles against Cincinnati, Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs South Carolina State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-36vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-20vs SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-10@ East Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-40vs Temple | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 35-24vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-13vs No. 19 Cincinnati | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-10@ South Florida | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41vs Memphis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 32-40vs No. 11 LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 16 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 38-10
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win on the road against South Florida.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
8%3 hurries38 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
40.0%
393 pass / 589 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
38 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UCF, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
