Usage / Role
36%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2019-2023Virginia
Josh Ahern
LB • 6'3" • 236 lbs • Burke, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Ahern shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
lowhigh
Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Virginia
1920212223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Josh Ahern built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Burke, VA wearing No. 33, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Josh Ahern's career was his defensive production: 91...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Central Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Josh Ahern, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Virginia. Josh Ahern shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Josh Ahern quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · LB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Boston College
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Holcomb · Central Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- Holcomb · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 409th (top 34%) · ACC 129th (top 21%) · National 1,228th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 7.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 6 | 26 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 9 | 32 | 4 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 59.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Josh Ahern
Josh Ahern played LB for Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Ahern recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Virginia paired 7 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.6 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: Boston College
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.6
Usage
7.4
Consistency
53.1
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Maryland: 1. Boston College: 2.5. William & Mary: 0. Miami: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Louisville: 0. Duke: 1. Virginia Tech: 0.5
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Maryland: 6 by 35. Boston College: 5 by 45.8. William & Mary: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 4 by 26.7. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 5 by 25.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 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
Boston College
Best efficiency game
45.8 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Virginia Tech | L 17-55 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Duke | W 30-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/10 | @ Louisville | L 24-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Georgia Tech | L 17-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Miami | L 26-29 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs William & Mary | W 27-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | L 24-27 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/15 | @ Maryland | L 14-42 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Tennessee | L 13-49 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Ahern story
Josh Ahern built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Burke, VA wearing No. 33, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Josh Ahern's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Ahern's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Virginia
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 4.5 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 3.5 | 23.9 | 6.1 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 7 | 22.6 | 7.4 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Boston College
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Richmond
Week 1 · W 34-17
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
@ BYU
Week 9 · L 49-66
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Maryland
Week 3 · L 14-42
1
Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#5
vs William & Mary
Week 1 · W 43-0
1.5
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
7 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage
59.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Virginia
39.4
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Virginia
38.8
3.5 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Josh Ahern
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.