Player Dossier

2021-2024

Michigan

Josaiah Stewart

DE • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Everett, MA, USA

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Josaiah Stewart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Coastal Carolina • Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Player Story

Josaiah Stewart built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive end from Everett, MA, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Michigan. The clearest part of Josaiah Stewart's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.855

Andrew · Bolingbrook, IL

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 26
Overall
No. 90
NFL Team
Los Angeles Rams

Josaiah Stewart, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Michigan. Josaiah Stewart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
143
TFL
46
Sacks
30
QB hurries
18
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Josaiah Stewart quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DE
Career Tackles
143
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 45 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Michigan
Top game
Georgia Southern
Recruit profile
3-star · Andrew · Toledo
High school pipeline
Andrew · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 3 · Pick 26 · Los Angeles Rams
Latest roster
Senior
2024 Tackles rank
33 tackles · DE 54th (top 20%) · Big Ten 161st (top 20%) · National 1,248th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina121-0--063.6
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina124215.512.53-063.6
2022 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina93493.551052.8
2023 PostseasonMichigan13721--049.1
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan13266.54.532049.1
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan1133138.57-067

Related Context

Josaiah Stewart played DE for Coastal Carolina and Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josaiah Stewart recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Michigan paired 28.5 primary output with 34.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

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

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Coastal Carolina, Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.6

Efficiency

33.3

Usage

11.7

Consistency

23.6

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Illinois: 0. The Citadel: 0. Kansas: 7. Buffalo: 1. Massachusetts: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Troy: 3. Georgia Southern: 9. Georgia State: 2.5. Texas State: 0.5. South Alabama: 8

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. The Citadel: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 7 by 79.2. Buffalo: 1 by 14.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3. Arkansas State: 2 by 8.3. Troy: 5 by 50.8. Georgia Southern: 6 by 75. Georgia State: 8 by 58.3. Texas State: 3 by 17.5. South Alabama: 5 by 70.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.6 · Games = 11 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 1 · -0.1 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

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Kansas

Result
Fri 12/17vs Northern IllinoisW 47-4110000
Fri 11/26@ South Alabama2+ sacks · Splash gameW 27-21543.502.500
Sat 11/20vs Texas StateW 35-21310.5000
Sat 11/13vs Georgia StateSplash gameL 40-42841.5010
Sat 11/6@ Georgia Southern2+ sacks · Splash gameW 28-865540
Thu 10/28vs TroySplash gameW 35-28511.501.500
Thu 10/7@ Arkansas StateW 52-2022000
Sat 10/2vs UL MonroeW 59-621000
Sat 9/25vs MassachusettsW 53-321000
Sat 9/18@ BuffaloW 28-2511000
Fri 9/10vs Kansas2+ sacks · Splash gameW 49-22743.503.500
Thu 9/2vs The CitadelW 52-1410000

Player Story

Josaiah Stewart story

Josaiah Stewart built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive end from Everett, MA, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Michigan. The clearest part of Josaiah Stewart's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 46 tackles for loss, 30 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Coastal Carolina. 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 Josaiah Stewart's production has multiple signals. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Coastal Carolina and Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Josaiah Stewart 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Coastal Carolina

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina3133.311.7
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina3133.311.70
2022 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina18.534.19.3-12.5
2023 PostseasonMichigan1925.270.5
2023 Regular SeasonMichigan1925.270
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan28.534.812.89.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia Southern

Week 10 · W 28-8 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

9 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Southern Miss

Week 11 · W 26-23 · Conference game

7

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Nebraska

Week 5 · W 45-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#4

vs USC

Week 4 · W 27-24 · Conference game

9

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

9 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#5

@ South Alabama

Week 13 · W 27-21 · Conference game

8

Havoc Plays

86.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8 disruption/tackle impact with 86.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Michigan

28.5 primary output · 34.8 efficiency · 12.8 usage

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#2

2021 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

63.6

31 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 11.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

63.6

31 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 11.7 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

21

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games