Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Notre Dame
Brandon Joseph
S • 6'1" • 196 lbs • College Station, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brandon Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern • Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Brandon Joseph built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a safety from College Station, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with Northwestern and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Brandon Joseph's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Coastal Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Brandon Joseph, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern. Brandon Joseph shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 165
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Brandon Joseph quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · S
- Career Tackles
- 165
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mallard Creek · Coastal Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Mallard Creek · 44 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · S 192nd (top 37%) · FBS Independents 68th (top 21%) · National 1,312th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.2 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 79 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 67 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 30 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20.1 |
Related Context
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Brandon Joseph played S for Northwestern and Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brandon Joseph recorded 165 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 9.5 primary output with 35.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 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 Northwestern, Notre Dame.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
15.5
Usage
3
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. Marshall: 0. California: 1. North Carolina: 1. BYU: 0. Stanford: 0. UNLV: 0. Syracuse: 1. Clemson: 0. USC: 0
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. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 8 by 33.3. California: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 0 by 10. BYU: 6 by 25. Stanford: 4 by 16.7. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. USC: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.5 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
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Marshall
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ USC | L 27-38 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Clemson | W 35-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Syracuse | W 41-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UNLV | W 44-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Stanford | L 14-16 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs BYU | W 28-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ North Carolina | W 45-32 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs California | W 24-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Marshall | L 21-26 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Ohio State | L 10-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brandon Joseph story
Brandon Joseph built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a safety from College Station, TX wearing No. 16, spending time with Northwestern and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Brandon Joseph's career was his defensive production: 165 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 10 interceptions across 33 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Northwestern. 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 Brandon Joseph's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 293 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 33 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: Brandon 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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- 1
Northwestern
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Notre Dame
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 8.4 | 1.5 | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 10 | 35.2 | 8.4 | 10 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 35.2 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9.5 | 35.4 | 19.7 | -0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3 | 15.5 | 3 | -6.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Michigan
Week 8 · L 7-33 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 16 · L 10-22 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 9 · W 21-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 12 · W 17-7 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#5
@ Wisconsin
Week 11 · L 7-35 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
9.5 primary output · 35.4 efficiency · 19.7 usage
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#2
2020 Postseason · Northwestern
65.3
10 primary · 35.2 efficiency · 8.4 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
65.3
10 primary · 35.2 efficiency · 8.4 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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