Defensive line, Vanderbilt (from Middle Tennessee), 2019–25
Zaylin Wood
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 280 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Bowdon, GA
Zaylin Wood played defensive line at Middle Tennessee (2019–23) and Vanderbilt (2024–25).
At a glance
Career highs
2sacks, career highthree times; last vs. Jacksonville State, 2023Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 27 | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 28 | 11 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Career | 125 | 57 | 24.5 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | DL | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | DL | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | DL | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | DL | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 15 | DL | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 15 | DL | Yr 6 | ||
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 15 | DL | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′0″ | 280 |
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 Vanderbilt 13 games, 28 tackles, 4 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 45–3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 6 | at Virginia Tech | W 44–20 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | at South Carolina | W 31–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. Georgia State | W 70–21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Utah State | W 55–35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Alabama | L 14–30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. LSU | W 31–24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Missouri | W 17–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Texas | L 31–34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Auburn | W 45–38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | vs. Kentucky | W 45–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at Tennessee | W 45–24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Iowa | L 27–34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Vanderbilt 1 game, 7 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs.Virginia Tech | W 34–27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Middle Tennessee 10 games, 16 tackles, 3 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | atAlabama | L 7–56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | atMissouri | L 19–23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Murray State | W 35–14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Colorado State | L 23–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | at Western Kentucky | L 10–31 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Jacksonville State | L 30–45 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at New Mexico State | L 7–13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Florida International | W 40–6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. UTEP | W 34–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Sam Houston | L 20–23 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Middle Tennessee 12 games, 31 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at James Madison | L 7–44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | atColorado State | W 34–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Tennessee State | W 49–6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Miami | W 45–31 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. UTSA | L 30–45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | at UAB | L 14–41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Western Kentucky | L 17–35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atUTEP | W 24–13 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Louisiana Tech | L 24–40 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs. Charlotte | W 24–14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 49–21 | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. San Diego State | W 25–23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Middle Tennessee 12 games, 27 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Monmouth | W 50–15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | atVirginia Tech | L 14–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atUTSA | L 13–27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atCharlotte | L 39–42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. Marshall | W 34–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | at Liberty | L 13–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. Southern Miss | W 35–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | atWestern Kentucky | L 21–48 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Florida International | W 50–10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Old Dominion | L 17–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | atFlorida Atlantic | W 27–17 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. Toledo | W 31–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020 Middle Tennessee 7 games, 16 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Army | L 0–42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs. Troy | L 14–47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | atUTSA | L 35–37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs.Western Kentucky | L 17–20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | atFlorida International | W 31–28 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | at Rice | W 40–34 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atMarshall | L 14–42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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