Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Southern Miss
Josh Carr Jr.
LB • 6'4" • 240 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Carr Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Troy
Player Story
Josh Carr Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Josh Carr Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyJosh Carr Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Josh Carr Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 87
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Josh Carr Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · LB
- Career Tackles
- 87
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Troy
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 410th (top 34%) · Sun Belt 143rd (top 22%) · National 1,229th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 12 | 55 | 8.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48 |
Related Context
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Josh Carr Jr. played LB for Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Josh Carr Jr. recorded 87 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 17.5 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
33.7
Usage
10.9
Consistency
59.9
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 2. Grambling: 3. Troy: 0. Alabama: 2. Rice: 0. UTEP: 1. UAB: 2.5. Middle Tennessee: 2. North Texas: 0. UTSA: 3. Louisiana Tech: 2. Florida International: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 2 by 28.3. Grambling: 4 by 46.7. Troy: 5 by 20.8. Alabama: 2 by 28.3. Rice: 7 by 29.2. UTEP: 1 by 14.2. UAB: 7 by 54.2. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 40.8. North Texas: 8 by 33.3. UTSA: 4 by 46.7. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 49.2. Florida International: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 9 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
54.2 vs UAB
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Florida International | W 37-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Louisiana TechSplash game | W 35-19 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ UTSASplash game | L 17-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | vs North Texas | L 14-38 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 10-35 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | vs UABSplash game | L 0-34 | 7 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | vs UTEP | L 13-26 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Rice | L 19-24 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ AlabamaSplash game | L 14-63 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Troy | L 9-21 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs GramblingSplash game | W 37-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/5 | @ South AlabamaSplash game | L 7-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Carr Jr. story
Josh Carr Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 18, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Josh Carr Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Southern Miss. 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 Josh Carr Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.
The arc is straightforward: Josh Carr Jr. 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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Southern Miss
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 17.5 | 33.7 | 10.9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | -17.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 21.2 | 6.7 | 10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Troy
Week 13 · L 17-35 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 11 · L 17-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 37-0
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs UAB
Week 7 · L 0-34 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Ole Miss
Week 3
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.1 takeover
Game with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
17.5 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 10.9 usage
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#2
2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss
48
10 primary · 21.2 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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