Julius Wood: DB · East Carolina · #4.
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Julius Wood
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Third year in the same secondary at East Carolina. All-AAC in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UTSA — Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Carolina | 87 | 42 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | East Carolina | 82 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | 16 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 185 | 82 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-30@ No. 2 Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-31vs Marshall | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-43@ App State | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-0vs Gardner-Webb | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24@ Rice | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-31vs SMU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-10vs Charlotte | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-41@ UTSA | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 10-13vs No. 21 Tulane | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-7@ Florida Atlantic | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-10@ Navy | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-29vs Tulsa | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 42 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
87tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%3 TFL87 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mike Houston — 17-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
50.1%
387 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at East Carolina, 185 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Houston.
