UCF defensive end Landon Woodson had a monster spring game with three sacks and he's looking for that sort of production this fall.
"My personal goal for this season is to get double-digit sacks," Woodson said. "That's my main goal."
As a redshirt freshman in 2019, Woodson played in 11 games as a reserve with 15 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. In 2020, Woodson started four games with 23 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and three sacks. That stat line was bolstered with his performance against rival South Florida.
"(My best UCF moment) was definitely the COVID year against USF," Woodson said. "I had three sacks in that game. That's the best game I've ever had."
He also had seven tackles in that game, nearly one-third of his season total.
Woodson saw action in 12 games in 2021, recording 13 tackles and one sack.
Woodson was satisfied with his progress during the spring. He said things ran a lot more smoothly as the players knew what to expect going into year two under Gus Malzahn and Travis Williams.
"We've all had a very good spring," Woodson said. "We excelled a lot from last year when (the staff) got here... My personal goal was to apply coaching more. Get my technique down rather than relying on athletic ability. Doing what you're supposed to do to make plays. You're not going to make every play, but if you apply coaching and do what you're supposed to do, you're going to make a play for another person."
How does he like playing for his position coach, Kenny Ingram?
"It's definitely really good," Woodson said. "He loves us so much. He coaches us with so much passion. You want to play for him. It's not like you just want to play - you want to play for him. His energy is very high and very active. It gets us going every day at practice."
How about T-Will?
"He's an amazing coach," Woodson said. "He's a younger coach. He relates more to us which I really like. High tempo. In the meeting rooms we're playing music. He knows the newest music coming out. He relates a lot to us and I really like that. I'm comfortable about him."
Woodson name dropped a few players that impressed him.
"The young guys that stepped up, definitely Dallaz Corbitt and the newcomer K.D. McDaniel. On the interior, Matt Alexander. Lee Hunter is doing good too. Everybody is excelling."
Now a UCF graduate, Woodson is now focusing on a post-graduate degree.
"I graduated in December 2021," he said. "I did IDS with behavioral and social science and commerce with a minor in urban and regional planning. My masters, I'm in project management and environmental sustainability."
Looking at a future career, Woodson has always been fascinated with creating communities.
"I've had this dream since I was younger," he said. "There was a Home Depot by my house and every Sunday they had workshops for kids ages 8 to 12. I'd go there and build stuff. I'd beg my mom to go. Ever since then I fell in love with that."
