Jeremiah Wood

Senior safety for Ohio. 2023: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

S · Ohio · Sr. · #3

6′1″ · 216 lb · Pickerington, OH

CFB Index 42 · #346 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceOhio 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1871 nationally · Signed with Ohio

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Ohio. 2023: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Ohio, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20184 games

Signed with Ohio3-star out of Pickerington Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1871 national

CFB

College

Ohio

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2020

Frank Solich

Ohio

2021–2023

Tim Albin

Ohio

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Frank Solich → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ohio9-4HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2019Ohio7-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy

2020Ohio2-1HC: Frank Solich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #346 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Tackles for loss#1231 / 2842 · 54th pct

2.5

Tackles#1524 / 2842 · 45th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Solo tackles#2046 / 2842 · 25th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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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

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.4	0.0	0.4
Road4g	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

John Hauser

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #346 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #346 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Ohio	26	9	2.5	0.0	4	1	--
2022	Ohio	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Ohio	9	4	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Ohio	7	7	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Ohio	15	9	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Ohio	6	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		63	31	5.5	0.0	4	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 27-10vs Long Island University	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 17-10@ Florida Atlantic	6	3	0.5	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	L 13-23@ Northern Illinois	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 20-17vs Western Michigan	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-30vs Miami (OH)	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 20-10@ Buffalo	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 34-20vs Central Michigan	4	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 25-14@ Akron	1	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-21vs Georgia Southern	5	2	1.0	1	1
Total		26	9	2.5	1	4

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

Jeremiah Wood

20184 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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