Wade Woodaz: LB · Clemson · #17.
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Wade Woodaz
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Clemson. On tape: 11 tackles against Troy, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17vs No. 9 LSU | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16vs Troy | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-24@ Georgia Tech | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-34vs Syracuse | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-10@ Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-35vs SMU | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 45-46vs Duke | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10vs Florida State | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-19@ No. 19 Louisville | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-10vs Furman | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-14@ South Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 70 | 43 | 7.0 | 0.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%7 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups70 tackles · 7 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 37-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
53.8%
474 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
67.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Clemson, 183 tackles — drafted at #123 overall by the Houston Texans.
A stat line in 43 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
Next stop · NFL
Houston Texans2026 NFL rookie season
Houston Texans2026 NFL rookie season
