Senior defensive lineman on Illinois's 2022 roster.
6′2″ · 290 lb · Hueytown, AL
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 2044 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Illinois's roster.
Jamal Woods
Wins his gap play after play. Jamal Woods has been at Illinois through three head coaches in six seasons. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Indiana — Week 1, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Illinois, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Lovie Smith, Rod Smith, and Bret Bielema. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-6vs Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Indiana | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 26-9@ Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-3@ Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to George Ellis III’s 2022 season.
Matches George on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Danielson's graduate season at Pittsburgh (2022).
Matches Devin on
Player DNA