JD Waggoner: DE · Iowa State · #58.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
JD Waggoner
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the same defensive front at Iowa State. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Texas — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 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.
FOX61 Oct 28
The Des Moines Register Oct 23
Arizona Daily Star Oct 22
Wide Right & Natty Lite Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Iowa State | 42 | 25 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Iowa State | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 54 | 32 | 15.5 | 5.5 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Northern Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 41-44vs Iowa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14@ Akron | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-17vs Texas | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-0vs Kansas | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-13@ Texas Tech | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 14-7vs No. 4 TCU | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-20@ West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-49vs No. 12 Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-13@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-20@ Kansas State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 21-20@ No. 19 Memphis | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 25 | 13.5 | 4.5 | — | 1 |
Bowl · 2017
W 21-20
at Memphis
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 1 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%4 sacksTFL rate
32%14 TFLHurry rate
10%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
53%4 of 8 pressures42 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Matt Campbell — 11-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Pass share
53.5%
477 pass / 414 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
42 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Iowa State, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Rhoads → Matt Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
