Player Dossier

2021-2024

Florida State

Joshua Farmer

DL • 6'3" • 318 lbs • Port Saint Joe, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Joshua Farmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

91

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Joshua Farmer built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Port Saint Joe, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Joshua Farmer's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8567

Basha · Chandler, AZ

Committed To
Oklahoma State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 35
Overall
No. 137
NFL Team
New England Patriots

Joshua Farmer, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida State. Joshua Farmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
21
Sacks
11
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Joshua Farmer quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · DL
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Florida State
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Basha · Oklahoma State
High school pipeline
Basha · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 4 · Pick 35 · New England Patriots
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2024 Tackles rank
28 tackles · DL 209th (top 21%) · ACC 200th (top 27%) · National 1,528th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida State11-0--036.4
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State913621-041.3
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State11317522056.6
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State928846-061.8

Related Context

Joshua Farmer played DL for Florida State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joshua Farmer recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Florida State paired 18 primary output with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

2

Efficiency

32.4

Usage

9.7

Consistency

34.1

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Tech: 1. Memphis: 4.5. California: 5.5. SMU: 2. Clemson: 1. Duke: 1. North Carolina: 0. Charleston Southern: 0. Florida: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Tech: 1 by 14.2. Memphis: 5 by 65.8. California: 4 by 66.7. SMU: 1 by 24.2. Clemson: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 5 by 30.8. North Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Charleston Southern: 2 by 8.3. Florida: 3 by 42.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.8 · Games = 2 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 7 · -1.0 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

California

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs California

Result
Sun 12/1vs FloridaSplash gameL 11-31311.501.500
Sat 11/23vs Charleston SouthernW 41-720000
Sat 11/2vs North CarolinaL 11-3542000
Fri 10/18@ DukeL 16-2350000
Sat 10/5vs ClemsonL 13-2931000
Sun 9/29@ SMUSplash gameL 16-42100.500.500
Sat 9/21vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 14-9433.5010
Sat 9/14vs MemphisSplash gameL 12-20532.5010
Sat 8/24@ Georgia TechL 21-2411000

Player Story

Joshua Farmer story

Joshua Farmer built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Port Saint Joe, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Joshua Farmer's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Joshua Farmer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida State04.20.6
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida State91659
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida State1626.37.37
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida State1832.49.72

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 4 · W 14-9 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Clemson

Week 4 · W 31-24 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Memphis

Week 3 · L 12-20

4.5

Havoc Plays

82.5 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Louisiana

Week 12 · W 49-17

3

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Florida

Week 14 · L 11-31

3

Havoc Plays

65.7 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Florida State

18 primary output · 32.4 efficiency · 9.7 usage

61.8

#2

2023 Regular Season · Florida State

56.6

16 primary · 26.3 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Florida State

41.3

9 primary · 16 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games