Zaylin Wood
Zaylin Wood
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across six seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Rick Stockstill and Clark Lea. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Alabama — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 28 | 11 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 16 | 9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 31 | 19 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 27 | 12 | 5.0 | 0.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 16 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 125 | 57 | 24.5 | 14.0 | 6 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2025
W 45–24
at Tennessee
2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 SACKS
Dominant 21-point win on the road against Tennessee.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Vanderbilt
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Vanderbilt
Returning around him
- 1 Vanderbilt player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -1 net (18 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Vanderbilt · Last season: 10-3 (AP #13) · Talent rank #55 · 2026 recruiting class #33
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Thomas Gore’s 2022 season.
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Differs from Thomas on
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