Shakai Woods brings disruptive interior firepower to MTSU
Woods is a productive **run-stopper and backfield disruptor** who posted a career-high **50 tackles in 2025** for Middle Tennessee, along with **5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks**; he also earned **CUSA All-Freshman** honors in 2024 and showed he can hold up to major workload with 608 snaps in that season.[3][9][14] At **6-foot-0, 279 pounds**, he looks like a compact, high-effort DT who resets the line of scrimmage, with reliable strength, strong awareness, and enough pass-rush juice to matter on obvious passing downs—an appealing fit for a team that wants interior toughness and steady, low-drama production.[3][6][7]
