#34

Tanner Wood

Defensive end for Kansas State. 2017: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Kansas State · #34

6′5″ · 260 lb · Conway Springs, KS

Kansas State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 351 nationally · Signed with Kansas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end for Kansas State. 2017: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Kansas State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kansas State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Conway Springs

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#351 national

CFB

College

Kansas State

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Bill Snyder

Kansas State

Played his entire career under Bill Snyder.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bill Snyder — 23-16 over that span.

2015Kansas State6-7HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2016Kansas State9-4HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy

2017Kansas State8-5HC: Bill Snyder · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#376 / 2682 · 84th pct

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#595 / 2682 · 76th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#1090 / 2682 · 58th pct

Tackles#1169 / 2682 · 56th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.6
Road5g	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.4	0.1	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Kansas State	34	21	5.0	2.0	4	--	--
2016	Kansas State	36	25	5.5	2.0	--	--	--
2015	Kansas State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		70	46	10.5	4.0	4	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week