D.J. Withers is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kansas.
Withers disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons in the Kansas defensive front to date. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Iowa State, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-7vs Fresno State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 31-42@ Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37vs Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ UCF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-42vs Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21vs Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-24@ Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 46-7
vs Wagner
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%4 TFLSack rate
16%2 sacksHurry rate
6%1 hurry16 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Lance Leipold — 25-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
45.1%
344 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
63.6
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
371 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #6 of 22 Big 12 DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
The No. 1,005 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big 12 as a senior.
A stat line in 31 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lance Leipold.
