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Player Dossier
2016-2017North Texas
Joshua Wheeler
LB • 6'3" • 229 lbs • Grand Prairie, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joshua Wheeler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
70
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Player Story
Joshua Wheeler built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Joshua Wheeler's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJoshua Wheeler, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · North Texas. Joshua Wheeler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Joshua Wheeler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · North Texas
- Top game
- UAB
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · LB 389th (top 36%) · Conference USA 135th (top 22%) · National 1,149th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 70.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 12 | 34 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 70.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 60 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 9 | 30 | 6 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 60 |
Related Context
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Joshua Wheeler played LB for North Texas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Joshua Wheeler recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
North Texas paired 16 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · North Texas
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
27.9
Usage
11.2
Consistency
59.8
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 1. SMU: 2. Bethune-Cookman: 2. Florida: 0. Rice: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2. Marshall: 2. Army: 1. UTSA: 2. Louisiana Tech: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Southern Miss: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 8 by 43.3. SMU: 7 by 49.2. Bethune-Cookman: 3 by 32.5. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Marshall: 1 by 24.2. Army: 2 by 18.3. UTSA: 4 by 36.7. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 1 by 14.2. Southern Miss: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/27 | vs Army | L 31-38 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Southern MissSplash game | W 29-23 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Western Kentucky | L 7-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 24-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ UTSASplash game | L 17-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Army | W 35-18 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs MarshallSplash game | W 38-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 13-30 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Rice | W 42-35 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Florida | L 0-32 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Bethune-CookmanSplash game | W 41-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs SMUSplash game | L 21-34 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Joshua Wheeler story
Joshua Wheeler built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a linebacker from Grand Prairie, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of Joshua Wheeler's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with North Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Joshua Wheeler's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Joshua Wheeler moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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North Texas
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 16 | 27.9 | 11.2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 16 | 27.9 | 11.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 12.5 | 30.6 | 13.2 | -3.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 12.5 | 30.6 | 13.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAB
Week 4 · W 46-43 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Southern Miss
Week 12 · W 29-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
vs SMU
Week 1 · L 21-34
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#4
vs Troy
Week 1 · L 30-50 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Bethune-Cookman
Week 2 · W 41-20
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · North Texas
16 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 11.2 usage
70.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · North Texas
70.3
16 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 11.2 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · North Texas
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12.5 primary · 30.6 efficiency · 13.2 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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