2021 Football Roster

13 Jahad Woods

  • Position
    Linebacker
  • Ht./Wt.
    6-1 / 225
  • Class
    Graduate Student
  • Major
    Social Science
  • Hometown
    San Diego, Calif.
  • High School
    Helix HS

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE 
CAREER:
Appeared in 56 games, tied Justus Rogers for WSU record for games played…51 career starts, most in WSU history…428 career tackles are fourth-most in WSU history…36.5 career tackles-for-loss are seventh-most in WSU history…set WSU record with 10 career forced fumbles…three career fumble recoveries and five career interceptions…recorded 16 career double-digit tackle efforts…...earned bachelor's degree in humanities....four-time All-Pac-12 Conference.

5TH-SENIOR (2021): Named Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention (Pac-12)...named to Preseason All-Pac-12 Third Team by Phil Steele and Athlon Sports...named to All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention…appeared in all 13 games, 11 as a starter…made 109 tackles with 6.5 for loss, forced two fumbles, recovered one and intercepted one pass…fourth in Pac-12 with 109 tackles, second straight 100-tackle season…made 13 stops in season-opener against Utah State…made five tackles including one for loss against Portland State…made five tackles with one TFL and batted down one pass against USC…made team-high nine tackles and shared a TFL at Utah…made seven stops and shared a TFL in win at Cal…made one tackle, ejected for targeting in 1st half of win over Stanford…had 46-game starting streak snapped against Stanford (started in dime package)…made 16 tackles against BYU, 2nd-most in career…made team-high 11 tackles in win at Arizona State…made team-high 12 tackles and forced a fumble at No. 3 Oregon, went over 400-career tackle milestone at Oregon…named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, made 12 tackles, 1.5 TFL, forced a fumble and picked off a pass in win over Arizona…made four stops in Apple Cup win…made nine tackles and recovered a fumble against Central Michigan in Sun Bowl…signed free agent contract with Pittsburgh Steelers.

RS-SENIOR (2020): Named All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention…named to All-Pac-12 Third Team by Phil Steele…second on team with 31 tackles and No. 10 in Pac-12 with 7.8 tackles-per-game…led team with 4.5 tackles-for-loss…recorded one sack, one interception, two pass breakups and one forced fumble…named to preseason award watch lists for Bednarik Award (College Defensive Player of the Year), Butkus Award (top linebacker) and Bronko Nagurski (National Defensive Player of the Year)…named to Preseason All-Pac-12 Second Team (Athlon, Media)…made five stops and forced a fumble at Oregon State…made 11 tackles including career-high three tackles-for-loss and a sack against No. 11 Oregon…made six tackles and broke up a pass at No. 20 USC…made team-high nine tackles including 1.5 for loss and an interception at Utah…moved into WSU Top-10 for career tackles (10th, 318)...earned bachelor's degree in humanities.

RS-JUNIOR (2019): Named to Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team...named All-Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention…started all 13 games at WIL linebacker…recorded 141 tackles, 4th-most in the country, 2nd-most in the Pac-12, tied for 5th-most in WSU single-season history and most by a Coug since 1991…recorded first 100-tackle season by a Coug since Peyton Pelluer in 2015…led team with 10 tackles-for-loss…recorded three sacks, three pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one interceptions…recorded nine games with 10+ tackles…led team in tackles 11 times including final 10 games…rated the best Pac-12 inside linebacker in pass rush productivity, creating pressure on 21 percent of passing snaps…rated 4th-best Pac-12 inside linebacker on run stop percentage…made 10 tackles and forced a fumble against Northern Colorado…made eight stops with a sack and pass breakup at Houston…recorded 12 tackles and two for loss against UCLA…made 11 tackles with one for loss at Utah…made 11 stops at Arizona State…recorded eight tackles with a sack against Colorado…made career-high 13 tackles at Oregon…matched career-high with 13 tackles including 1.5 for loss at California…made nine tackles with his 100th tackle of the season coming on a sack, also picked off a pass in win over Stanford…made 10 tackles with 1.5 for loss against Oregon State…made 10 tackles with one for loss and one forced fumble at Washington…set WSU Bowl Game and Cheez-It Bowl Game record with 20 tackles against Air Force, tied for 7th-most in WSU single-game history.

RS-SOPHOMORE (2018): Named All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention...started all 13 games at WIL linebacker...second on team with 82 tackles...led team with four forced fumbles...recorded 4.5 tackles-for-loss including three sacks...recovered two fumbles and picked off one pass...made six tackles including one sack against San Jose State...made five tackles, shared a sack and picked off a pass against Eastern Washington...recorded eight tackles and shared a sack against Utah...made nine tackles including one for loss at Oregon State...recorded a sack against Oregon...had six tackles a forced fumble at Stanford...made eight tackles against California...made five tackles, forced two fumbles and recovered one at Colorado...named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after making career high 11 tackles with one forced fumble and one fumble recovery against Arizona...made five tackles against Washington...made nine tackles in win over Iowa State at Alamo Bowl.

RS-FRESHMAN (2017): Named to Pac-12 Conference All-Freshmen First Team by SB Nation…appeared in all 13 games, started final 10…second on team with 64 tackles and third on team with 11 tackles-for-loss…recorded 2.5 sacks, interception and forced one fumble…made collegiate debut with one tackle, sharing a sack in season-opener against Montana State…recorded three tackles in win over Boise State…made four stops in win over Oregon State…in first career start, made three tackles in win over Nevada…made season-high nine tackles including game-clinching forced fumble on a sack in win over No. 5 USC, earning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week…made seven tackles with 1.5 for loss in win at Oregon…had five stops with 1.5 for loss at California…recorded six tackles in shutout of Colorado…had three tackles-for-loss and first career interception at Arizona…made eight tackles including 1.5 for loss in win over No. 18 Stanford…recorded eight tackles with a sack in win at Utah…recorded a tackle-for-loss at No. 15 Washington…made three tackles against No. 18 Michigan State in the Holiday Bowl.

FRESHMAN (2016): Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL 
Attended Helix High School in La Mesa, Calif….as a SENIOR, named to All-State Fourth Team by Cal-Hi Sports, All-CIF San Diego Section first-team, All-East County first-team and All-Grossmont Hills first-team honors…recorded 58 tackles with 5.5 sacks, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble…scored three touchdowns, all on defense, an 86-yard INT return and two fumbles returned for scores…helped Helix HS to an 11-2 overall record… named Prep Athlete of the Week (Sept. 3, 2015) by the San Diego Union Tribune after rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown and made eight tackles…named Prep Athlete of the Week (Dec. 9, 2015) by the San Diego Union Tribune after making 10 tackles in the Open Division Championship game…rated three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com…rated No. 61 inside linebacker in the country and No. 10 inside linebacker in California by Scout.com…ranked the No. 88 outside linebacker in the country by ESPN.com.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 215 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 214 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 228 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2020Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 230 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Graduate Student

    Linebacker
    6'1" 225 lbs
    13