Junior defensive lineman for Central Michigan. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
6′2″ · 275 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
3 defensive lineman for Central Michigan. 2021: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 19 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTyrece Woods Jr.
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Lance Leipold and Jim McElwain. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 10, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Central Michigan, 7 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jim McElwain.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: tackles (25th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Central Michigan | 19 | 14 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Buffalo | 10 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Buffalo | 8 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 19 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021
W 26–23
vs Toledo
1 PD · 1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With L. Elzinga — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 58 LONG · D. Richardson — 204 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 51.3 · -9 rush yds (3 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-34@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-27@ Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-23vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 38-39vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-30@ Western Michigan | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 54-30vs Kent State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-17@ Ball State | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 31-10vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
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
18 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Marshawn Kneeland’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Brian Allen's junior season at Iowa (2024).
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Player DNA