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Linebacker, Clemson, 2022–25
Wade Woodaz
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 235 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Tampa, FL
- Born
- Feb 5, 2004
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Wade Woodaz played linebacker at Clemson (2022–25). The Houston Texans took Woodaz in round 4, No. 123 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Troy, 20252sacks, career highvs. Wake Forest, 2023Team titles: ACC champions, 2022 and 2024
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Clemson | 17 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Clemson | 17 | LB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Clemson | 17 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Clemson | 17 | LB | Sr. | 6′3″ | 235 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 Clemson 12 games, 70 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. LSU | L 10–17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Troy | W 27–16 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at Georgia Tech | L 21–24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | vs. Syracuse | L 21–34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | at North Carolina | W 38–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Boston College | W 41–10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. SMU | L 24–35 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Duke | L 45–46 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Florida State | W 24–10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | at Louisville | W 20–19 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Furman | W 45–10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at South Carolina | W 28–14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2024 Clemson 11 games, 75 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Georgia | L 3–34 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. App State | W 66–20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs. NC State | W 59–35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Stanford | W 40–14 | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | atFlorida State | W 29–13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at Wake Forest | W 49–14 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Virginia | W 48–31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Louisville | L 21–33 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Virginia Tech | W 24–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | vs.South Carolina | L 14–17 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | at Texas | L 24–38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 Clemson 11 games, 26 tackles, 4 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 66–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 48–14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atSyracuse | W 31–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.Wake Forest | W 17–12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Miami | L 20–28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atNC State | L 17–24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Notre Dame | W 31–23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 42–21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs.North Carolina | W 31–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atSouth Carolina | W 16–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Kentucky | W 38–35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Clemson 8 games, 12 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs.Georgia Tech | W 41–10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 10 | vs.Furman | W 35–12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 48–20 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | atWake Forest | W 51–45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atBoston College | W 31–3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Syracuse | W 27–21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Louisville | W 31–16 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.South Carolina | L 30–31 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅜″ | |
| Weight | 236 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 80″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Broad jump | 9′9″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.27 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.50 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Houston Texans | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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