#95

Justin Wodtly

Senior defensive lineman for Arizona State. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · Arizona State · Sr. · #95

6′2″ · 260 lb · Cleveland, OH

CFB Index 72 · #85 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Arizona State for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

6.5

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 42 tackles · 5 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 5 tackles, at Iowa State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Arizona State. 2025: 6.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cleveland Heights in 2020.
Transferred from Cincinnati to Arizona State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Justin Wodtly

DL · Arizona State · Sr · #95

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Justin Wodtly has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Arizona — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #85 of 420?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#55 / 2975 · 98th pct

6.5

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Tackles#834 / 2975 · 71st pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.2
Road5g	3.8	0.8	0.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #85 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #85 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #6 of 35 Big 12 DLs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arizona State	42	21	7.0	6.5	2	--	--
2024	Arizona State	26	7	3.5	0.5	1	--	--
2023	Cincinnati	13	4	1.5	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Cincinnati	28	14	4.5	3.0	1	--	--
2021	Cincinnati	2	2	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		111	48	17.5	11.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 26–22

vs Texas Tech

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 319 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.6 · 3 rush yds (12 car) · K. Floyd — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 39 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 34-15vs Texas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-24vs TCU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-42@ Utah	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 26-22vs Texas Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Houston	6	2	1.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	W 24-19@ Iowa State	5	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 25-23vs West Virginia	5	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-17@ Colorado	5	5	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 14	L 7-23vs Arizona	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	1
Bowl	L 39-42@ Duke	6	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Total		42	21	7.0	6.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

42Tackles

21Solo

7TFL

6.5Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

42 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 10.5 sacks
Week 91 sack
Week 101 sack · 1 PD
Week 121 sack
Week 132 sacks
Week 141 sack · 1 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Arizona State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Arizona State

Returning around him

4 Arizona State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (24 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arizona State · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #40

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jamie Sheriff’s 2022 season.

Jamie Sheriff

90%match

South Alabama · 2022

Kellan Wyatt

Maryland · 2023

84%

C.J. McCray

Virginia Tech · 2023

83%

Antoine Baylis

Louisiana · 2023

81%

Keith Conley Jr.

UNLV · 2024

81%

Matches Jamie on

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Alston's graduate season at Miami (2024).

Elijah Alston

79%match

Miami · 2024

All-Sun Belt

Quinn Roff

Washington State · 2024

78%

D'Andre Ragin

Toledo · 2024

78%

MJ Sherman

Nebraska · 2024

77%

TJ Guy

Michigan · 2025

74%

Matches Elijah on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Elijah on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Justin Wodtly

William Whitlow Jr.

Memphis · 2022

92%

Devonta Bridges

Fresno State · 2024

89%

Noah Lavulo

San José State · 2023

86%

Tony Anyanwu

Rice · 2025

84%

Jordan Botelho

Notre Dame · 2023

83%

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

2020

202411 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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