D.J. Woodbury

Former linebacker at Temple. 2024: 93 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Temple · Sr.

6′2″ · 235 lb · Burlington City, NJ

CFB Index 70 · #123 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTemple 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1912 nationally · Signed with Temple

Statement game13 tackles · 3 TFL · 1 sackat UTSA (FBS) · L 27-51

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Temple. 2024: 93 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Temple, 146 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Temple3-star out of Burlington City

202411 games

All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1912 national

CFB

College

Temple

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021

Rod Carey

Temple

2022–2023

Stan Drayton

Temple

era →

2024

Everett Withers

Temple

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton, and Everett Withers. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Temple3-9HC: Rod Carey · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning

2023Temple3-9HC: Stan Drayton · Pass-leaning

2024Temple3-9HC: Everett Withers · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #123 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#17 / 2892 · 99th pct

Tackles#76 / 2892 · 97th pct

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #123 of 571 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #123 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Temple	93	60	5.0	2.0	--	1	--
2023	Temple	24	10	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Temple	15	6	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Temple	14	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		146	83	7.0	2.0	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 45–29

vs Utah State

10 TOT · 7 SOLO

Edged out Utah State at home in a shootout.

With E. Simon — 271 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.1 · 49 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · D. Wright — 3 rec · 116 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 3-51@ Oklahoma	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 20-28vs Coastal Carolina	15	10	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 4	W 45-29vs Utah State	10	7	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 14-42vs Army	10	4	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 20-29@ UConn	7	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 20-10vs Tulsa	6	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 34-56@ East Carolina	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 6-52@ Tulane	10	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 18-15vs Florida Atlantic	8	8	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 27-51@ UTSA	13	8	3.0	1.0	1	3.0 TFL
Wk 14	L 17-24vs North Texas	6	4	0.5	0.0	—
Total		93	60	5.0	2.0	1

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

D.J. Woodbury

2020

202411 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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