Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Maryland
Joel Starlings
DL • 6'4" • 302 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joel Starlings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
29
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- North Carolina • Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Joel Starlings built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, VA wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland and North Carolina. The clearest part of Joel Starlings' career was...
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- Committed To
- North Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Joel Starlings, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland. Joel Starlings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 7
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Joel Starlings quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Benedictine · North Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Benedictine · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DL 711th (top 66%) · Big Ten 411th (top 53%) · National 3,310th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 34.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Carolina to Maryland | P4 to P4 | 82.1 | Apr 26, 2025 |
Joel Starlings played DL for North Carolina and Maryland. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joel Starlings recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Maryland paired 3 primary output with 9.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across North Carolina, Maryland.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
9.9
Usage
2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Wisconsin: 2. Indiana: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 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. Florida Atlantic: 0 by 10. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 28.3. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Wisconsin
Player Story
Joel Starlings story
Joel Starlings built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, VA wearing No. 44, spending time with Maryland and North Carolina. The clearest part of Joel Starlings' career was his defensive production: 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Joel Starlings' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
North Carolina
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Maryland
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | North Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 3 | 9.9 | 2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 4 · W 27-10 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
59.2 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 1 · W 39-7
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Havoc Plays
28.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 72 Rutgers
Week 11 · L 20-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 25 Michigan
Week 13 · L 20-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 1 Indiana
Week 10 · L 10-55 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
3 primary output · 9.9 efficiency · 2 usage
34.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · North Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · North Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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