Charles Woods

Senior cornerback on SMU's 2023 roster.

CB · SMU · Sr. · #3

5′11″ · 191 lb · Dallas, TX

CFB Index 52 · #162 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceSMU 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback on SMU's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at SMU, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202312 games

All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

2022–2023

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #162 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#19 / 2842 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#873 / 2842 · 68th pct

Tackles#1465 / 2842 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.4
Road7g	2.6	0.0	0.0	1.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+7g	2.3	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #162 of 339 corners

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	SMU	27	23	1.0	11	--	--
2022	West Virginia	7	7	0.0	--	--	--
2021	West Virginia	29	21	2.0	4	2	--
Career		63	51	3.0	15	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023

W 38–34

at Memphis

4 PD · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Memphis on the road in a shootout.

With P. Stone — 286 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.5 · 10 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · R. Daniels — 3 rec · 45 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech	1	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 17-34@ TCU	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-16vs Charlotte	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 31-10@ East Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 55-0@ Temple	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 69-10vs Tulsa	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 36-31@ Rice	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-21vs North Texas	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 38-34@ Memphis	6	4	0.0	—	4	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 13	W 59-14vs Navy	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 26-14@ Tulane	0	0	0.0	—	2
Bowl	L 14-23@ Boston College	2	2	0.0	—	0
Total		27	23	1.0	—	11

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Charles Woods

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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