Jay Woods: DL · Vanderbilt · #74.
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Jay Woods
Wins the gap play after play. Two seasons in the Vanderbilt defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Georgia — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 21 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-6@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Alabama A&M | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 14-7vs No. 18 Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-59vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-45vs No. 5 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 35-57@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-34@ South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-17vs Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-24@ Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
7%1 TFLSack rate
7%1 sackHurry rate
7%1 hurry15 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Derek Mason — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
54.2%
403 pass / 341 run
Plays / game
62.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
435 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Vanderbilt, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
