D.J. Woodbury: LB · Temple.
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D.J. Woodbury
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at Temple span three head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton and Everett Withers. The first career honor came in 2024: All-AAC. On tape: 15 tackles and 1 sack against Coastal Carolina, Week 3, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
93 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 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
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-51@ No. 16 Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-28vs Coastal Carolina | 15 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 45-29vs Utah State | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-42vs Army | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-29@ UConn | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-10vs Tulsa | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-56@ East Carolina | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 6-52@ Tulane | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 18-15vs Florida Atlantic | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-51@ UTSA | 13 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 14 | L 17-24vs North Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 93 | 60 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
93tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%5 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups93 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 9.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Everett Withers
Pass share
52.2%
412 pass / 377 run
Plays / game
65.8
12 games
Team sack rate
8.5%
434 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 #123 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 146 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rod Carey → Stan Drayton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
