Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Missouri
Josiah Trotter
LB • 6'2" • 237 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Josiah Trotter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- West Virginia • Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Josiah Trotter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 40, spending time with Missouri and West Virginia. The clearest part of Josiah Trotter's career was his...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 14
- Overall
- No. 46
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josiah Trotter, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Missouri. Josiah Trotter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 177
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Josiah Trotter quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · LB
- Career Tackles
- 177
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Missouri
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · St. Joseph's Prep · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- St. Joseph's Prep · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 14 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 84 tackles · LB 89th (top 7%) · SEC 6th (top 1%) · National 119th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12 | 93 | 4 | 0.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri | 12 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 79.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia to Missouri | P4 to P4 | 80.5 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Josiah Trotter played LB for West Virginia and Missouri. Across 3 tracked seasons, Josiah Trotter recorded 177 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Missouri paired 23 primary output with 48 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 48 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 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 West Virginia, Missouri.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.9
Efficiency
48
Usage
12.2
Consistency
68.5
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 1. Kansas: 2. Louisiana: 2. South Carolina: 3. Massachusetts: 0. Alabama: 2. Auburn: 4. Vanderbilt: 0. Texas A&M: 2.5. Mississippi State: 1. Oklahoma: 2.5. Arkansas: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Arkansas: 8 by 43.3. Kansas: 5 by 40.8. Louisiana: 2 by 28.3. South Carolina: 11 by 75.8. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Alabama: 8 by 53.3. Auburn: 8 by 73.3. Vanderbilt: 9 by 37.5. Texas A&M: 6 by 50. Mississippi State: 2 by 18.3. Oklahoma: 13 by 75. Arkansas: 10 by 71.7
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 8 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 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
Auburn
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Arkansas10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-17 | 10 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Oklahoma10+ tackles · Splash game | L 6-17 | 13 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Mississippi State | W 49-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Texas A&MSplash game | L 17-38 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Vanderbilt | L 10-17 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ AuburnSplash game | W 23-17 | 8 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 24-27 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Massachusetts | W 42-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs South Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | W 29-20 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs LouisianaSplash game | W 52-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs KansasSplash game | W 42-31 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Central Arkansas | W 61-6 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josiah Trotter story
Josiah Trotter built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 40, spending time with Missouri and West Virginia. The clearest part of Josiah Trotter's career was his defensive production: 177 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Missouri. 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 Josiah Trotter's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Missouri and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Josiah Trotter 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
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- 1
West Virginia
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Missouri
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 12.5 | 42.7 | 9.9 | 12.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Missouri | 23 | 48 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 8 · W 23-17 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Kansas State
Week 8 · L 18-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 49 South Carolina
Week 4 · W 29-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 53 Arkansas
Week 14 · W 31-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Oklahoma State
Week 6 · W 38-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Missouri
23 primary output · 48 efficiency · 12.2 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · West Virginia
61.8
12.5 primary · 42.7 efficiency · 9.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
11
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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