Player Dossier

2020-2025

Southern Miss

Josh Moten

CB • 6'0" • 185 lbs • Waldorf, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Josh Moten shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

51

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

42

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Texas A&M • Marshall • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

Josh Moten built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Waldorf, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Marshall, Southern Miss, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Josh Moten's career was his...

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Josh Moten, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss. Josh Moten shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
130
TFL
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
21
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Josh Moten quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · CB
Career Tackles
130
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 39 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
Top game
Arkansas State
High school pipeline
The Woodlands · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
61 tackles · CB 4th (top 1%) · Sun Belt 44th (top 7%) · National 396th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M11-0--037
2023 PostseasonMarshall132-0--027
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall13281016227
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall1238-0-5044.5
2025 PostseasonSouthern Miss133-0-1057.9
2025 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss135810-9057.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Marshall to Southern MissG5/FCS to G5/FCS88.6Dec 25, 2024
2023Texas A&M to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted24.2Dec 5, 2022

Josh Moten played CB for Texas A&M, Marshall, and Southern Miss. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josh Moten recorded 130 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Southern Miss paired 16 primary output with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Marshall, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

31.9

Usage

5.8

Consistency

51.4

Best Game by takeover score

Arkansas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 1. Mississippi State: 2. Jackson State: 0. App State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 3. Jacksonville State: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 0. Arkansas State: 4. Texas State: 0. South Alabama: 1. Troy: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Mississippi State: 12 by 70. Jackson State: 6 by 25. App State: 6 by 35. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 46.7. Jacksonville State: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Southern: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas State: 6 by 65. Texas State: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 8 by 43.3. Troy: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

70 vs Mississippi State

Result
Tue 12/23vs Western KentuckyL 16-2733001
Sat 11/29vs TroySplash gameL 18-2832002
Sat 11/22@ South AlabamaL 35-4286100
Sat 11/15vs Texas StateL 14-4132000
Sat 11/8@ Arkansas StateSplash gameW 27-21640031
Sat 10/25vs UL MonroeW 49-2132000
Sat 10/18@ LouisianaW 22-1022000
Fri 10/10@ Georgia SouthernW 38-35330010
Sat 9/27vs Jacksonville StateW 42-25220010
Sat 9/20@ Louisiana TechSplash gameL 20-3041003
Sat 9/13vs App StateW 38-2262001
Sat 9/6vs Jackson StateW 38-2064000
Sat 8/30vs Mississippi State10+ tackles · Splash gameL 17-34125002

Player Story

Josh Moten story

Josh Moten built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a cornerback from Waldorf, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Marshall, Southern Miss, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Josh Moten's career was his defensive production: 130 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 11 interceptions, and 21 passes defended across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 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 Moten's production has multiple signals. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall, Southern Miss, and Texas A&M.

The arc is straightforward: Josh Moten 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

    Texas A&M

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Southern Miss

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0
2021 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00
2022 Regular SeasonTexas A&M04.20.80
2023 PostseasonMarshall916.52.49
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall916.52.40
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall1021.551
2025 PostseasonSouthern Miss1631.95.86
2025 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1631.95.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 11 · W 27-21 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Virginia Tech

Week 4 · W 24-17

3

Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 58 Mississippi State

Week 1 · L 17-34

2

Havoc Plays

56.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 114 South Alabama

Week 13 · L 35-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Old Dominion

Week 13 · W 42-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

16 primary output · 31.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss

57.9

16 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Marshall

44.5

10 primary · 21.5 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games