Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Kentucky
Kelvin Joseph
DB • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kelvin Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- LSU • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Kelvin Joseph built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky and LSU. The clearest part of Kelvin Joseph's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 12
- Overall
- No. 44
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Kelvin Joseph, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Kentucky. Kelvin Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 37
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Kelvin Joseph quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 37
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Tennessee
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 2 · Pick 12 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Sophomore
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DB 251st (top 32%) · SEC 150th (top 26%) · National 1,090th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 6 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 11.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 25 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 62.7 |
Related Context
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Kelvin Joseph played DB for LSU and Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kelvin Joseph recorded 37 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 5.5 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
18.8
Usage
10.3
Consistency
45.8
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. Ole Miss: 0.5. Mississippi State: 1. Tennessee: 2. Missouri: 0. Georgia: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Alabama: 1. Florida: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 4 by 21.7. Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ Florida | L 10-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Alabama | L 3-63 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Vanderbilt | W 38-35 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Georgia | L 3-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Missouri | L 10-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ TennesseeSplash game | W 34-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Mississippi State | W 24-2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Ole Miss | L 41-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Auburn | L 13-29 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kelvin Joseph story
Kelvin Joseph built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky and LSU. The clearest part of Kelvin Joseph's career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Kentucky. 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 Kelvin Joseph's production has multiple signals. With 15 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky and LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Kelvin Joseph 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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LSU
2017-2018
Opening stop
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Kentucky
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2017201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | LSU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | LSU | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5.5 | 18.8 | 10.3 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tennessee
Week 7 · W 34-7 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia
Week 9 · L 3-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Alabama
Week 12 · L 3-63 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 6 · W 24-2 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
41.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Georgia
Week 7 · W 36-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Kentucky
5.5 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 10.3 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · LSU
11.4
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · LSU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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