Justin Wodtly is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Arizona State.
Wodtly disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Arizona — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| 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 No. 24 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 No. 7 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 39-42vs Duke | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 21 | 7.0 | 6.5 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2025
W 24-19
at Iowa State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 5 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%7 TFLSack rate
15%6 sacksHurry rate
12%5 hurries42 tackles · 7 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 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
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Pass share
47.1%
429 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
429 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
42 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Luke Fickell, Scott Satterfield and Kenny Dillingham.
