Utah State University Athletics

INDIVIDUAL HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West (2019); Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (9/30/19); Chuck Bednarik Award Player of the Week (9/2/19); Pro Football Focus (PFF) First-Team All-American (2018); Associated Press (AP) Third-Team All-American (2018); Pro Football Focus (PFF) Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (2018); Phil Steele’s Magazine First-Team All-Mountain West (2018); Second-Team All-Mountain West (2018); College Sports Madness National Defensive Player of the Week (11/17/18); Academic All-Mountain West (2017, 2018, 2019).

CAREER RECORDS: Finished his career with 15 double-digit tackle games, which included two games with 20-plus tackles.

2019 (JR): Earned first-team all-Mountain West honors, despite playing in just seven games during the season due to injury... Finished the year second on the team with 93 tackles (53-solo, 40-assist), which included 2.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss... Added a team-best four forced fumbles, returning one eight yards for a touchdown... Also had two quarterback hurries... Had six double-digit tackle outings during the season... Was named the Chuck Bednarik Award National Defensive Player of the Week following his performance at Wake Forest (8/30), as he recorded a career-high 24 tackles, including a career-high-tying 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks, to go along with a career-high two forced fumbles against the Demon Deacons... Those 24 stops are tied for the second-most in both Utah State and Mountain West history and were the most in the nation during the year... Was one of just nine players at the FBS level to record 20-plus tackles in a game... Finished his season with five-straight double-digit tackle outings as he had 13 tackles at San Diego State (9/21), 14 tackles against Colorado State (9/28), 16 tackles, including 1.0 sacks at fifth-ranked LSU (10/5), and 11 tackles in back-to-back games against Nevada (10/19) and Air Force (10/26)... Added a career-high-tying two forced fumbles against CSU, returning one eight yards for his second-career touchdown... Had a season-high two pass breakups, to go along with 0.5 tackles for loss, against the Wolf Pack... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.  

2018 (SO): Earned first-team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus (PFF) and third-team All-America honors from The Associated Press (AP) as he started all 13 games and finished the season with 134 tackles (52-solo, 82-assist), which included 5.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss, to go along with two forced fumbles, two interceptions, three pass breakups and four quarterback hurries… Was also named first-team all-Mountain West by Phil Steele’s Magazine and second-team all-Mountain West by the league’s coaches, along with being named the PFF Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year, as he ranked first in the MW and 11th in the nation with 134 tackles (11.2 pg), eighth in the MW in forced fumbles with two (0.15 pg), ninth in the MW in tackles for loss with 12.5 (1.0 pg), and 10th in the MW in sacks with five (0.4 pg)… Led the team with 134 tackles and 12.5 tackles for loss, while ranking second with his 5.0 sacks… Graded out as the top linebacker in the nation, according to PFF, at 91.6 percent as he ranked fourth among linebackers with a 92.4 grade against the run and fourth in coverage at 90.5 and only missed two tackles all season… Had eight double-digit tackle outings and was one of just 20 players in the nation to have double-digit tackles in at least six games, including one of just six players from the MW… Was named the College Sports Madness National Defensive Player of the Week following his performance at Colorado State (11/17), as he recorded a season-high 20 tackles, which included 1.5 tackles for loss, while adding one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry… Was one of just 17 players at the FBS level to record 20-plus tackles in a game and just the fourth Aggie to do it since 2000, including the first since 2015... Had 12 tackles, including a career-high 3.0 sacks and a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss, against UNLV (10/13) and was the only player in the nation to record at least 3.0 sacks and 10 or more tackles in the same game… Recorded 16 tackles and two quarterback hurries in the season opener at No. 11 Michigan State (8/31)… Had 13 tackles, including 1.0 sacks, against New Mexico State (9/8) and added 11 stops against Air Force (9/22)… Recorded six tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, at BYU (10/5), while adding a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry… Had 16 tackles, to go along with a forced fumble and pass breakup at Wyoming (10/20)… Had seven tackles and an interception at Hawai’i (11/3)… Added seven tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss, against San José State (11/10)… Had 11 tackles, including 1.0 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss, at No. 21 Boise State (11/24)… Finished the season with 10 tackles and an interception he returned 17 yards against North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl (12/15)... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors.

2017 (R-FR): Played in 10 games and made his first-career start at Air Force (11/25)… Finished the season with 29 tackles (15-solo, 14-assist), which included 1.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for loss, to go along with three pass breakups, one fumble return for a touchdown and one interception… Recorded a season-high 13 tackles, which included 1.0 tackles for loss, at Air Force (11/25)… Registered his first-career sack and had a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss as part of his two stops against Hawai’i (11/18)… Had five tackles at New Mexico (11/4) and returned his first-career fumble recovery 70 yards for a touchdown against the Lobos… Had four tackles, a season-best three pass breakups and an interception he returned 27 yards against New Mexico State (12/29) in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl… Had two tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, in his first-career game at No. 9 Wisconsin (9/1)… Earned academic all-Mountain West honors. 

2016 (RS): Redshirted during his first season at Utah State. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Named the All-Area Football Player of the Year and the Male Athlete of the Year by The Olympian at running back as a prep senior at Olympia (Wash.) High School… Also earned Washington Class 4A Narrows District Offensive Player of the Year honors and was a first-team all-league selection as a defensive back and return specialist… As a senior, he carried the ball 92 times for 727 yards (7.9 ypc), caught 31 passes for 484 yards (15.6 ypc) and completed 10-of-15 passes for 221 yards (14.7 ypp)… Overall, he totaled 1,921 all-purpose yards and 15 total touchdowns on the season … On the defensive side of the ball, he recorded a team-high 71 tackles and four interceptions... Missed his junior season due to injury... Also competed in basketball and track & field in high school.

PERSONAL: One of four children of Mel and Rhonda Woodward... Sister, Deidra, played soccer at Alabama State... Earned his bachelor's degree in marketing from USU in the fall of 2020.