Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021NC State
Daniel Joseph
DL • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Brampton, ON, CAN
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Daniel Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State • NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina
Player Story
Daniel Joseph built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Brampton, ON wearing No. 99, spending time with NC State and Penn State. The clearest part of Daniel Joseph's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Daniel Joseph, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · NC State. Daniel Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 25
- Sacks
- 16.5
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Daniel Joseph quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · NC State
- Top game
- North Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lake Forest Academy · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Lake Forest Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · DL 45th (top 5%) · ACC 66th (top 11%) · National 713th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 29.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | NC State | 10 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 10 | 32 | 10 | 6.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 64.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 12 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 4 | - | 0 | 54.7 |
Related Context
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Daniel Joseph played DL for Penn State and NC State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Daniel Joseph recorded 112 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
NC State paired 19.5 primary output with 34.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 34.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Penn State, NC State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Postseason · NC State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
34.9
Usage
8.5
Consistency
53.6
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Wake Forest: 5. Pittsburgh: 1. Duke: 2. North Carolina: 2. Miami: 0.5. Florida State: 0.5. Liberty: 3. Syracuse: 4. Georgia Tech: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. Wake Forest: 5 by 70.8. Pittsburgh: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 2 by 28.3. North Carolina: 2 by 28.3. Miami: 5 by 25.8. Florida State: 4 by 21.7. Liberty: 5 by 50.8. Syracuse: 4 by 56.7. Georgia Tech: 2 by 23.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.4 · Games = 7 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/2 | @ Kentucky | L 21-23 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Georgia Tech | W 23-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | @ SyracuseSplash game | W 36-29 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/22 | vs LibertySplash game | W 15-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/15 | vs Florida State | W 38-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Miami | L 41-44 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | L 21-48 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | vs DukeSplash game | W 31-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Pittsburgh | W 30-29 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/20 | vs Wake Forest2+ sacks · Splash game | W 45-42 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Daniel Joseph story
Daniel Joseph built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Brampton, ON wearing No. 99, spending time with NC State and Penn State. The clearest part of Daniel Joseph's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 16.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Daniel Joseph's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Penn State
2017-2019
Opening stop
- 2
NC State
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Penn State | 5.5 | 24.2 | 6.4 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 11.4 | 2 | -2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 3.5 | 16 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | NC State | 19.5 | 34.9 | 8.5 | 16 |
| 2020 Regular Season | NC State | 19.5 | 34.9 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | NC State | 18 | 31 | 7.5 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Carolina
Week 13 · W 34-30 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
97.2 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Wake Forest
Week 3 · W 45-42 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia State
Week 3 · W 56-0
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 13 · W 36-29 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Syracuse
Week 12 · W 41-17 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · NC State
19.5 primary output · 34.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
64.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · NC State
64.8
19.5 primary · 34.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · NC State
54.7
18 primary · 31 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
13
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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