Billy Wooden

Height:
6-1
Weight:
310
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Towson, Md.
High School:
Calvert Hall

2023 • Senior

• Team Captain
• Phil Steele All-Independent Team (First Team - DT)
• Phil Steele Preseason Independent Team (First Team - DT)
• College Football Network All-Independent Defense Team (Second Team - DT)
• New England Football Writer's Association All-New England Team
• Started in all 12 contests for the Minutemen this season accumulating 51 tackles (24 solo, 27 assisted), 11.5 TFLs, 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, seven QB hurries and a pass breakup
• Led the team in TFLs, sacks and QB hurries
• Posted at least two tackles in all 12 games
• Had a season-high eight tackles (four solo, four assisted) to go along with a career-best 3.5 TFLs for 15 yards, a career-high 1.5 sacks for 12 yards and a forced fumble vs. New Mexico (9/23)
• Had a forced fumble vs. Miami (OH) (9/9)
• Recovered a fumble at New Mexico State (8/26), vs. Miami (OH) (9/9) and at Army (10/28)
• Registered two quarterback hurries at Army (10/28)
• Broke up one pass at Eastern Michigan (9/16)

2022 • Junior

• Wooden appeared in nine games in the 2022 season recording 36 tackles (16 solo, 20 assisted), 5.5 TFL (10 yards) and one forced fumble
• Had one assisted tackle against Stony Brook (9/17)
• Had two tackles (one solo, one assisted), 1.0 TFL (three yards) and one forced fumble against Eastern Michigan (10/1)
• Had one solo tackle and one TFL (one yard) against Liberty (10/8)
• Had five tackles (two solo, three assisted) and 1.5 TFL (one yard) against Buffalo (10/15)
• Had three solo tackles and 2.0 TFL (five yards) against New Mexico State (10/29)
• Had five tackles (two solo, three assisted) against UConn (11/4)
• Had four tackles (one solo, three assisted) against Arkansas State (11/12)
• Had six tackles (three solo, three assisted) against Texas A&M (11/19)
• Had nine tackles (three solo, six assisted) against Army West Point (11/26)

2021 • Sophomore

• Tallied 38 tackles, 10 solo and 28 assisted, in 10 contests throughout the season
• Added 8.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks
• Made his season debut against Boston College (09/11), making four tackles including 0.5 for a loss of three yards
• Had five tackles vs. Eastern Michigan (09/18)
• Recorded four tackles at No. 17 Coastal Carolina (09/25)
• Logged four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs and 0.5 sacks vs. Toledo (10/02)
• Registered seven tackles vs. UConn (10/09), including 2.5 TFLs
• Had three tackles at Florida State (10/23)
• Totaled one tackle at Liberty (10/30)
• Made seven tackles vs. Rhode Island (11/6) with 2.5 TFLs
• Secured three takedowns with a tackle for loss vs. Maine (11/13)

2020 • Sophomore

• Played in all four games on the defensive line
• Earned seven tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, and a quarterback hurry
• Totaled 18 yards lost across his 2.0 TFLs, including a 15-yard sack
• Began the year with an assisted-TFL at Georgia Southern (10/17)
• Provided three tackles, including 1.0 sacks among 1.5 total TFLs, and a QB hurry at FAU (11/20)

2019 • Freshman

• Played in 10 games and made five starts on the defensive line
• Missed time on the season due to injury
• Earned 19 tackles on the season (10-9) with 1.0 sacks, a forced fumble and one fumble recovery
• First collegiate tackle came at Rutgers (8/30) in the season-opener
• Had three stops and recovered a fumble versus Southern Illinois (9/7)
• Notched three takedowns at FIU (10/5) and also against Liberty (11/2)
• Secured four tackles at Army West Point (11/9)
• Had a five-yard sack at Northwestern (11/16) among two total tackles and forced a fumble

Before Massachusetts

• Played for head coach Donald Davis at Calvert Hall
• Rated as a two-star prospect by 247Sports
• Ranked the No. 28 prospect in Maryland in the Class of 2019 as well as No. 4 at his position
• Tabbed All-Metro by the Baltimore Sun in 2018
• During his senior season, had nine sacks, 75 tackles, 15 tackles for loss and a forced fumble
• Capped his career helping the Cardinals win the Christian Schools Invitational
• Part of a Cardinals squad that ended Wise High School’s 43-game winning streak in September 2018
• Chose UMass over Army West Point, Air Force and VMI