Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Joshua Mickens
DE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joshua Mickens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
22
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Joshua Mickens built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 52, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Joshua Mickens' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Joshua Mickens, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Ohio State. Joshua Mickens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 6
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Joshua Mickens quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 6
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lawrence Central · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Lawrence Central · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DE 236th (top 84%) · Big Ten 534th (top 69%) · National 4,187th (top 68%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
Related Context
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Joshua Mickens played DE for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joshua Mickens recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 2 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.4
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 0. Minnesota: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Minnesota
Player Story
Joshua Mickens story
Joshua Mickens built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 52, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Joshua Mickens' career was his defensive production: 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Joshua Mickens' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ohio State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 16.3 | 4.7 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 6.3 | 1.4 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Purdue
Week 11 · W 45-0 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
66.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 70 Minnesota
Week 6 · W 42-3 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8 takeover score.
#3
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 70-0
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Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Akron
Week 1 · W 52-6
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
2 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 4.7 usage
51.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
39.3
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Ohio State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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