Kansas State University Athletics
2017 Football
Tanner Wood
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 260
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Conway Springs, Kan.
- High School:
- Conway Springs
CAREER HONORS
• 2014-17 First Team Academic All-Big 12
CAREER: Played in 52 games over his four-year career with starts at defensive end in every game as a senior... Was part of a 2017 Senior Class that earned a four-year record of 32-20, advanced to four bowls and pick up two bowl victories.
2017: Started all 13 games, finishing ninth on the team with 35 tackles, including 5.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, to go along with four pass breakups, the latter being the most by a Wildcat defensive lineman 2013... Tied career high with six tackles against Baylor, a game in which he also batted away two passes... Recorded a five-game streak in the middle of the year with a tackle for loss, including nine-yard sacks against both TCU and Oklahoma.
2016: Played in all 13 games, including starts against Kansas and TCU... Finished the year with 34 tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss, a pair of sacks and two forced fumbles... Tied his career high with six tackles at Baylor, a game in which he forced a fumble near the K-State goal line... Carded five stops at TCU... Tallied a career-high 2.0 TFLs at Stanford, while he had a sack against Florida Atlantic and half sacks against Baylor and Kansas... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.
2015: Played in all 13 games as a reserve defensive end and on special teams... Recorded 34 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and a pass breakup... Set a career high with six tackles against Oklahoma and backed that up with five stops at Texas... Also had five tackles at Texas Tech... Set a career high with 1.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma... Recorded his first-career sack in the season opener against South Dakota... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.
2014: Played in all 13 games, mainly on special teams... Carded one tackle against Stephen F. Austin and UTEP, while he had a half tackle for loss against SFA.
2013: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Conway Springs under head coach Matt Beihler... Named the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year following his senior year... An honorable mention All-American by Parade... Helped lead the Cardinals to a combined 45-5 record during his prep career... Rated the second-best player in the state of Kansas by Rivals.com... Set a Kansas high school state record and the third best single-game rushing yardage total in national high school history with a 659-yard, nine-touchdown effort in Conway Springs’ 84-56 win over Chaparral... Recorded 2,709 rushing yards, 43 total touchdowns and 110 tackles during his senior season... Named to the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle 2012 Top-11 team... A First Team All-Kansas 3A performer at running back by the Wichita Eagle and at linebacker by the Topeka Capital-Journal as a senior... Chosen to play in the 2013 Kansas Shrine Bowl... Named a First Team All-Central Plains League performer as a running back and linebacker in 2012... An all-state pick at linebacker as a junior... Led Conway Springs to a 13-1 record and a Kansas 3A State Championship in 2011... Tallied 88 tackles and three interceptions during his junior campaign... Prepped with current Wildcat defensive lineman Matt Seiwert... Also a standout in basketball and track and field.
PERSONAL: Tanner Joe Wood was born November 11, 1994, in Wichita, Kansas... Son of Tim and Michele Wood... Has one brother, Travis... Obtained a degree in animal sciences and industry from Kansas State in May 2017.
