Craig Woodson: DB · California · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Craig Woodson
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fifth year in the California secondary. First career honor, 2024: All-ACC. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Stanford — Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 70 | 45 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023 | California | 80 | 54 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | California | 76 | 54 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | California | 18 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | California | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 246 | 169 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 16 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-13vs UC Davis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14@ Auburn | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 9-14@ Florida State | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-39vs No. 8 Miami | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-17@ No. 22 Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-24vs NC State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 46-36@ Wake Forest | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-33vs Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Stanford | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ No. 9 SMU | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 13-24vs No. 24 UNLV | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 45 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL70 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
5 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 25-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
51.6%
462 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
489 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #50 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at California, 246 tackles — drafted at #106 overall by the New England Patriots.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Wilcox.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 2nd NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 2nd NFL season
