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#0 Robert Woodyard Jr.

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Auburn (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 245 lbHometown  Mobile, AL · Williamson

Depth-chart placement

Current role

WLB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Linebacker

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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LB room context

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Robert Woodyard Jr. holds the WLB · Starter spot in Missouri Tigers’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

WLB · StarterRobert Woodyard Jr.Starter

MLB · StarterNicholas RodriguezStarter

WLB · BackupDante McClellanBackup

MLB · BackupJeremiah BeasleyBackup

Transfer history

2026Auburn→Missouri Tigers

Background & career

Robert Woodyard Jr. is a 6'0", 245-pound weakside linebacker from Mobile, Alabama who transferred to Missouri from Auburn. A four-star recruit ranked 141st overall in the 2022 class, Woodyard appeared in three games as a freshman in 2023 before seeing increased action in 2024, recording 17 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss. In 2025, he played all 12 games with 11 starts, finishing with 67 tackles—50 in SEC play—7.0 TFL, two sacks, and one pass breakup. He earned first-team All-SEC honors and produced a career-high 11 tackles with 4.0 TFL against Missouri, matching the Auburn record for most TFL by a player since 1995.

Auburn2022 – 2025

Missouri2026 — present

Previous schoolAuburnRecruiting4-star · No. 141 nationalOriginMobile, AL · Williamson